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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m still asking myself this question about our 14 year old. My older son was absolutely driven to improve and win from the first time he touched a soccer ball.  People were predicting he’d play D1 from the time he was 10 and he did. This one has been told by many of his coaches during end of season reviews that he’s sometimes the best player on the field and sometimes the worst. He likes playing and winning and has all the physical tools and skills needed to be very successful, but sometimes he’s locked in and other times not. He’s gotten more consistent every year, but still fades into the woodwork maybe a third of the time and there is nothing about his mood, food, hydration level, or sleep pattern to predict how he’ll play.  It’s very perplexing. [/quote]

My kid is the same at age 11 (playing U12 with a late birthday).  It's the inconsistency and I think it's just her nature.  I really think she internalizes her emotions a bit so even though she is competitive, it doesn't get expressed as intensity.  That does not mean she's not truly talented - speed, strength, IQ all there but I see some kids play who lack technical skills yet their passion and aggression makes up for some lack of talent.  I think at these young ages and especially as our kids are not professional soccer players, there is going to be that inconsistency somewhere, whether talent or passion in every game.

Parents have to relax.  [/quote]
I’m relaxed because he’s my third, a lot younger than the others so we’ve seen it all, and he’s a fabulous kid regardless of his sporting ability, but I do sometimes wonder if there’s such a thing as ADHD that only manifests during sports. The first time he dominated a game and was the major factor in his team winning a tournament, at 9, I asked why he was so fierce that day. He said he was pretending to be UMBC’s basketball team, which a couple days before had been the first 16 seed to defeat a 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. I asked whether he thought he’d play that way going forward, and he said “Probably not. I’ll probably forget all about it in a week or two.”[/quote]

That's awesome - he's got a brain and imagination.  Self aware.  Let him be.  He's 9!!!!!  He obviously has it in him and no it's not ADHD manifesting only in sports.  I have an ADHD kid and I have another who is travel who is also more inconsistent - doesn't stop her from doing great things on the field in some games and not others.  As other PPs have said, some of this is personality that time can impact.  [/quote]

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