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[quote=Anonymous]Most important thing to realize, every kid is different, even those with ADD.

So, there may be other issue here not really related to ADD at all.

My daughter has ADD and soccer can be a bit much for these kids with 22 players running around, BUT...

We've had a coach who absolutely could not stand it when she stood behind the circle of kids listening to his directions by doing toe-taps and Cruyffs with the ball.

The next coach dealt with it well. When standing still and getting instructions, she'd sometimes space out. So she'd get in the back of the line and watch what the other kids were doing. Ask the mom to see if the kid can get to the back of the line on drills in order to understand them.

Here's the best part: the coach that had good techniques with her would sometimes take her aside and repeat his instructions briefly one-on-one. He later came to me and complimented her by saying, "Once she listens, she gets it. The info is on lockdown, she knows exactly what I want, whereas the other kids forget and need to be told repeatedly." Some ADD kids are like that. Because they miss a lot, they also tend to retain info and act on it a lot longer than other kids. So it can even be a plus.

My daughter moved on to more tactical coaching as she grew older and she was able to concentrate and understand some pretty complex coaching, and the new guy didn't even know she had attention problems.

Again, this kid might be having a lot more difficulty for other reasons, so you can't generalize.

I would recommend briefly repeating drills when he doesn't get it, and also asking him to get to the back of the line and watching other kids.

As for the distractions, if he's messing with the ball like my daughter used to, I'm not sure what to say about that. Maybe a combo of asking him not to do it and/or asking other kids not to be distracted by it.[/quote]

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