Inattentive ADHD and Team Sports - Any Success Stories?

[Anonymous]

My inattentive son tried every single sport, to no avail. It’s a shame bc he is pretty athletic. He loves going down a ski mountain as fast as he can, but unfortunately we can only do that sport 3x a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm starting to feel like we're wasting our time and money on DC's sport, because no matter how fast and technically competent they are, slow processing speed plus inattentiveness seem like insurmountable obstacles in team sports. DC is already medicated and playing at a high level but puts in a ton of extra time with private skills lessons to keep up. Does anyone have a success story in a sport like soccer, hockey, lacrosse or basketball? For example, an athletic kid who struggled with inattentive ADHD but still managed to play a team sport in college? Would a sports psychologist with experience in this area help?

I think your son is already a success story. A lot of kids would want to be able to play any sport at a high level, ADHD or not, in college or not.