Sports and lack of aggressiveness

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This was me - I was terrible in almost every sport, but I'm a good tennis player.

Define good

[Anonymous]

I love how the non-sporty mom (don’t even watch sports!) becomes all-in on her kid becoming aggressive because he’s so-called good at running around a field or court at the age of 6-7.

OP would be the first one to deride any boy who truly excelled as an athlete if she all of sudden didn’t think her kid was “good”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I go to the Y sometimes and there’s an open gym that has four hoops and it’s mostly teen boys playing. And then there’s a little boy who is six years old and he’s practicing shooting hoops. He was at it for at least an hour totally focused on the hoop and the ball.

I talked to his mother a bit and she said he just played tag football and then comes up to practice basketball for as long as she can tolerate sitting there.

The kid was remarkable for his self motivation, persistence and focus. Plus he had skill for his age. This kid will definitely be an athlete.

OP, this is what you need, to find a motivated peer for your DS to look up to and emulate. That may just get him moving before it’s too late.