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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Puberty changes this for a lot of boys.  My kid was skilled but super tentative, then by 15 he was very aggressive in a controlled way.

Part of this was probably also switching teams to a team that had a lot of heavy contact in practices (e.g. “no fouls” drills where fouls weren’t called, drills where kids had to dive for and wrestle for the ball, drills where kids got hit hard and had to finish a layup).

I also second the boxing or MMA refs.  I know when I did full karate in a school that allowed contact I stopped noticing contact in the same way — I realized most of what people feel when they get bumped is indignation at the contact, not any real effect of a minor bump.  [/quote]

OP here. Totally agree he needs to break through the fear factor and being on a team that does the drills you describe would be helpful for him. Not sure about the boxing part. Imaging him in boxing is a crazy thought. I think he would bolt. He truly would probably prefer ballet. [/quote]

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