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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid with inattentive ADHD is being recruited by D1 schools now and will play in college. [/quote]

What was the path like? Was your kid consistently a top player throughout? Did your kid have a hard time with focus in games or have a hard time with spatial awareness, and did it get better in time?  Did your kid do any sport specific mental skills type training? [/quote]

DC was not always a top performer and was a benchwarmer at 13, albeit for a competitive travel team. In fact, DC spent most of the elementary years on the lower-level teams (which was great — that provided a safe and nurturing place to develop). However, DC was obsessed with the sport and dedicated time every day to the sport (self-motivated, not us pushing) and was a starter on a very competitive team by 16. DC was yelled at by coaches for focus probably a bazillion times, but has excellent natural spatial awareness now and has an instinctive sense for where the gameplay is going. The spatial awareness was essentially self-trained due to daily practice; DCs spatial awareness as a child was pretty much non-existent.  No sports specific mental skills training. But due to DCs obsession, some form of practice every day, often for hours.

My takeaway is that kids with ADHD, inattentive type can excel at sports, but getting to the college level requires a personal level of passion that other kids without ADHD might not need. My kid is obsessed, and that drove everything. [/quote]

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