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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lack of motivation at such an early age can be tie to 2 things:  -Revolting for not feeling like they are in control of the things they are participating in...i.e. did you make the decision for him, pick the sport and just sign them up or did he have say in the matter?  The 2nd thing is a lack of reward for their effort.  The reward can either be external or internal at the younger ages.  6 year old can get excited about activities when they are rewarded.   (We rewarded our DD with candy for "playing" the sport we wanted at home.  It was truly play, she loved the candy.  This resulted in her wanting and saying "yes" to playing Rec Soccer later and she was shy at first but then later tried hard at it.   
-BTW, we still give her candy at age 12 for trying hard at stuff.  
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[b]…or genetics. Some kids are just lazy.[/b] My son was lazy as a kid and remains lazy as a young man. He played the sports he wanted to play and just never tried. Never ever practiced on his time. [b]Delusionally thought he could just show up at try-outs and be fine.[/b] He was always the worst on the team but since we paid money and the school essentially had no cuts he’d make the team. No matter what we tried we couldn’t motivate him to put tons of effort into anything… except video games and watching football on TV.[/quote]

Thanks for sharing this perspective.  I'd have to agree...some kids are just lazy.[/quote]

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