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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In other words, DS does fine on drills. But a real game situation is different. (For him.) [/quote]

If this is true, its probably nerves and lack of confidence.  The best thing would be a lower level rec league that focuses on making sports fun over winning and losing.  If he's not an elite athlete for his grade, it could also be that he's young too.  My experience has been that the better athletes at each grade are kids who are 6-9 months older than their peers.  Just focus on getting your kid to have FUN at sports.  If playing sports is stressful and he's worried about making a mistake, he'll do worse.  If he's having fun, having some success, and also "surviving" failure in a rec league, he'll probably get better.

In short, have fun, gain confidence, and hopefully he won't be the last kid picked.  [/quote]

This is what I was going to say. My experience in life is that people are generally accepting of others who are confident, regardless of their actual abilities. If your DS wants to join these games, work with him on making contact with the kids, dealing with rejection without quitting etc. Unless he is a pariah, I'm sure he will eventually be able to play with them sooner rather than later -- but it doesn't sound like he will actually like that, since being competitive doesn't seem like his style. I personally HATE competitive sports. Why would I want a bunch of people all up in my face trying to take a ball away from me or block my efforts to score? What a drag.....[/quote]

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