Now, its time to hone his skills. First up was the matter of stopping safely without crashing - learning to break. Also he continued to practice and work on his balance. A big thing he needs to do is remember to look where he is going and pay attention.
As you can see in this video footage most of the kids are on now on 2 wheels and practicing. Some go real fast, others have slow starts, some are wobbly.. One thing for certain, these kids have accomplished a whole lot in a very short time.
Alex worked really hard on his stopping and steering today. He practiced both indoors and out for the entire (75 minutes) session. During that time WHAM 13 came and took footage for a news story which I will add to the blog when it goes online.
Alex was also really excited to show off his new bike riding skills when his cousin (who is a special ed teacher) stopped over to visit. Despite being in the middle of a heat wave here - high 90s he rode his bike all the way to the end of the street and back. His little sister chased after him on her bike (with training wheels) and is now asking to 'lose the training wheels'.
The kids were very sweaty, but even more so happy!
1 comments:
you gotta understand i am about to turn 65 and was born with spina bifida menengomylocycle...it took me 3 years but i really wanted to ride a bike like the other kids...i did it...wish i still could.
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