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[quote=Anonymous]Hi OP - I had a similar experience with DS and soccer. He is very sensitive and it turns out that soccer itself was a bad fit for him, in addition to my coaching the team. Because he is a highly sensitive child (see Elaine Aaron's work), he experiences the world more intensely than other kids. This makes him a bit afraid of the ball and also very self conscious in sports practices and games. My coaching him made him even more self conscious. His way of dealing with his self consciousness was to goof off and not participate. But he was not trying to be a jerk and it wasn't really about wanting more attention from me, it was more about being self conscious and not knowing how to handle his big feelings about that situation.

in the end, I finished the season as coach so as not to let team down but I let everyone know halfway through the season that I wouldn't be doing it again next year because it wasn't a good fit for my family. DS enjoyed soccer slightly more and participated more when I was not the coach. But in the end, we concluded that soccer is not a good fit for a highly sensitive kid. [/quote]

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