My son was diagnosed with ADHD through extensive testing by a psychiatrist when he was in elementary school - 2rd grade IIRC.

He played sports and we did notice attentiveness type issues when not in an active game situation - like when drills were being explained, etc. At U10, we switched clubs since he did not get picked up to move onto a non-rec type team with the current club - club tech director did cite his "coachability" as part of the reason why.

After a discussion with the technical director of the new club and going to a few sessions with the new club, he ended playing the rest of his school age years there.

He did take medication, but not specifically for soccer. Meds got adjusted quite a bit early on and then after a bit, we settled in on dosages and times.

He played club soccer, HS soccer and house league basketball and enjoyed his time as part of the team and by HS, the ADHD stuff in sports at least worked itself out.

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Anonymous wrote:ADHD adult who played travel soccer getting up with a kid with ADHD playing travel now.

If your kid is bored they won't do well paying attention in games or practice. ADHD is not an excuse for poor performance. This isn't school. If they aren't motivated and engaged they aren't on the right team so next year go somewhere else. Medicine can help but it's not a cure all just like in school. Don't bring school bias into sports.

I don't believe ADHD is real, but if you all do, then this statement is quite a wake-up to you all. ADHD is an excuse for everything forever. The fact some on this thread cite "school counselors" as the diagnosing entity furthers my point. You're raising victimhood mentality 101. Feel for these kids who need exercise, healthy food, and less screen time 3 inches from their faces.

Your first 6 words disqualify you from further conversation.

Go back and read how scientists claimed cigarettes didn't cause cancer. Selling you meth to medicate kids is a shameful, you'll believe anything because it has a MD in the name. Of course the medication works, it's meth.

What does that have to do with "believing in ADHD"?

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Anonymous wrote:ADHD adult who played travel soccer getting up with a kid with ADHD playing travel now.

If your kid is bored they won't do well paying attention in games or practice. ADHD is not an excuse for poor performance. This isn't school. If they aren't motivated and engaged they aren't on the right team so next year go somewhere else. Medicine can help but it's not a cure all just like in school. Don't bring school bias into sports.

I don't believe ADHD is real, but if you all do, then this statement is quite a wake-up to you all. ADHD is an excuse for everything forever. The fact some on this thread cite "school counselors" as the diagnosing entity furthers my point. You're raising victimhood mentality 101. Feel for these kids who need exercise, healthy food, and less screen time 3 inches from their faces.

Your first 6 words disqualify you from further conversation.

Go back and read how scientists claimed cigarettes didn't cause cancer. Selling you meth to medicate kids is a shameful, you'll believe anything because it has a MD in the name. Of course the medication works, it's meth.

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Anonymous wrote:ADHD adult who played travel soccer getting up with a kid with ADHD playing travel now.

If your kid is bored they won't do well paying attention in games or practice. ADHD is not an excuse for poor performance. This isn't school. If they aren't motivated and engaged they aren't on the right team so next year go somewhere else. Medicine can help but it's not a cure all just like in school. Don't bring school bias into sports.

I don't believe ADHD is real, but if you all do, then this statement is quite a wake-up to you all. ADHD is an excuse for everything forever. The fact some on this thread cite "school counselors" as the diagnosing entity furthers my point. You're raising victimhood mentality 101. Feel for these kids who need exercise, healthy food, and less screen time 3 inches from their faces.

Your first 6 words disqualify you from further conversation.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ADHD adult who played travel soccer getting up with a kid with ADHD playing travel now.

If your kid is bored they won't do well paying attention in games or practice. ADHD is not an excuse for poor performance. This isn't school. If they aren't motivated and engaged they aren't on the right team so next year go somewhere else. Medicine can help but it's not a cure all just like in school. Don't bring school bias into sports.

I don't believe ADHD is real, but if you all do, then this statement is quite a wake-up to you all. ADHD is an excuse for everything forever. The fact some on this thread cite "school counselors" as the diagnosing entity furthers my point. You're raising victimhood mentality 101. Feel for these kids who need exercise, healthy food, and less screen time 3 inches from their faces.

You're entitled to your opinion, I had one like that, until I had a kid with ADHD. Consider just this one bit of proof an ADHD specialist demonstrated for us:

We took our DD to an ADHD specialist at age 8. He hooked up brain her up to a brain scanner and asked her to choose to play a video game. The brain scanner showed her brain could not even focus on the video game she liked, even when it looked like she was paying attention. The readings were clearly evident, especially when the Dr. compared the scan to normal kid brains for that age.

It is for this reason, parents and Drs. recommend treatment to help kids with ADHD. Doesn't matter if they love soccer or not, some kids can't focus on the things they love. And it especially difficult to focus on things they need to pay attention to in order to learn and grow.

So you take your 8 year old to a strange place, hook them up to machines, and tell them, "hey, this is fun. Let's play games". Sure, makes total sense to me. I mean, any human being would have the focus of a hawk in that situation.

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Anonymous wrote:ADHD adult who played travel soccer getting up with a kid with ADHD playing travel now.

If your kid is bored they won't do well paying attention in games or practice. ADHD is not an excuse for poor performance. This isn't school. If they aren't motivated and engaged they aren't on the right team so next year go somewhere else. Medicine can help but it's not a cure all just like in school. Don't bring school bias into sports.

I don't believe ADHD is real, but if you all do, then this statement is quite a wake-up to you all. ADHD is an excuse for everything forever. The fact some on this thread cite "school counselors" as the diagnosing entity furthers my point. You're raising victimhood mentality 101. Feel for these kids who need exercise, healthy food, and less screen time 3 inches from their faces.

You're entitled to your opinion, I had one like that, until I had a kid with ADHD. Consider just this one bit of proof an ADHD specialist demonstrated for us:

We took our DD to an ADHD specialist at age 8. He hooked up brain her up to a brain scanner and asked her to choose to play a video game. The brain scanner showed her brain could not even focus on the video game she liked, even when it looked like she was paying attention. The readings were clearly evident, especially when the Dr. compared the scan to normal kid brains for that age.

It is for this reason, parents and Drs. recommend treatment to help kids with ADHD. Doesn't matter if they love soccer or not, some kids can't focus on the things they love. And it especially difficult to focus on things they need to pay attention to in order to learn and grow.

Anonymous wrote:ADHD adult who played travel soccer getting up with a kid with ADHD playing travel now.

If your kid is bored they won't do well paying attention in games or practice. ADHD is not an excuse for poor performance. This isn't school. If they aren't motivated and engaged they aren't on the right team so next year go somewhere else. Medicine can help but it's not a cure all just like in school. Don't bring school bias into sports.

I don't believe ADHD is real, but if you all do, then this statement is quite a wake-up to you all. ADHD is an excuse for everything forever. The fact some on this thread cite "school counselors" as the diagnosing entity furthers my point. You're raising victimhood mentality 101. Feel for these kids who need exercise, healthy food, and less screen time 3 inches from their faces.