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I have a son like this and know plenty of other children like this.

Please understand that:

1. They will never become good at team sports and will therefore always be teased and picked last, etc. Don't make him suffer like this.

2. Socialization and team cooperation can be learned in a multitude of non-team-sports environments. It could be chess club with competitions, robotics club with competitions, swim team or diving team, or any other sport that is individually scored, but done as a group.

3. Don't insist on the competitive aspect. My son hates competition. He is part of the audition-only Strathmore Children's choir. Non-competitive group activities are choir (Washington, Strathmore), acting, (Imagination Stage, Glen Echo) etc.

4. The most important aspect of parenting is focusing on your child's strengths, instead of  lamenting your child's weaknesses. What are your son's passions, apart from video games? You could even enroll him in a coding class for kids, to create their own video games. Lots of logic and critical thinking skills built there.

5. To bolster physical fitness, have him work out with you every Sunday morning, or whatever time you have together. We go to the swimming pool every summer evening and do laps together as well as play. We bike to a distant playground as a family every weekend morning. I make him work on his core - push-ups, planks, ab work, etc.

You have to let go of your team sport focus and embrace more creative ways to make him attain his potential. Because it's not about your dreams. It's about him.

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