My young lad was same at that age.
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The beauty of sport is that it takes us on a rollercoaster of emotions in a way that life seldom does without it. Savage highs and lows that we will, hopefully, only experience rarely in normal life are common place in a year of sport.
We play a bit of astro in the winter and itās great craic. Serious as in youād be trying your best, but forgotten about immediately afterwards and not worried about before hand. Heās right about that. Pure sport, just because, is class.
Soccer on the lawn at home with your mates. Iāve great memories of all Ireland finals where Limerick were never involved, we would all go to the grandfatherās to watch it and then puck around in his yard at half time. Priceless.
As I am now at the end of my playing days, not that it ever went very high, I do find a new appreciation for it. The craic the camaraderie that you just donāt get outside of it.
When you are in it, it takes over life and blocks weekends youād have rathered be elsewhere or going training of a wet night in winter with games miles away and zero interest. Thereās a fun in it that you only appreciate afterwards I think. When you are out of it you are completely out of the loop
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Youāre not too old for ballet kid
Ok Poindexter
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That is absolute rubbish. The u30 lads didnāt talk to us for a month after we destroyed them in the Christmas match.
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We had a lad last season who was shoving the cones down his jocks and on his head. He was unmanageable.
Hes an absolute animal now. Prob one of the best tacklers on the team and a brilliant hand passer. His father who has no gaa background experience brings him out twice a week before our training.
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And we will never play them again
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I reckon I have a few more years of division three Desmond league soccer in me. The yard in your head works in the soccer. In the football, the yard needs to be in your legs 
Iāll play a bit of junior b this year if needed.
Body is giving out on me though, not that Iām doing anything to help it
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Stick to the quips!
Iāll quip you
Ye must have a serious Junior B team. Or a dadās army 1st team. But it doesnāt bode overly well for the next few years if the over 30ās are beating the undersš
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We declared the future of the club as very bleak after we bossed them off the field. They had offered a 2 goal head start in advance of the match, which we refused.
It was soccer. We bullied them mentally and physically. They wanted to give us a 2 goal head start. Couldnāt imagine how weād bate them. Absolutely sickened them. Twas glorious. Over 30s is generous too. Over 35s for the most part
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Happy Fatherās Day to all the Dads here and the ones doing it on their own at times. Enjoy the burnt toast and being let watch Euro/round robin matches with your beloved child on your knee.
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Sheāll be like her father so
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My young lad is 8 he has ADHD. And touch of autism Iād say too. Finds absolutely everything harder than the average lad, school, friendships the lot. He gets there with everything but itās all a challenge. Heās seriously hyper and can get overwhelmed and angry very easy.
Fact that he is athletic means sport could be an area of strength for him as heās likely to struggle in school.
Heās a very fast runner and won a few medals in local community games.
With soccer he just keeps kicking with his toe so I left him out of it. Plays football and hurling and has a great kick out of his hands and strike off the ground on both sides but simply cannot rise the ball properly in either sport or read the game during matches to get on the ball. Starting to run around ātacklingā. Sometimes is really anxious and wonāt join in but loves it when he does. Iād love him to take an interest in watching sport even but he hasnāt a bulls notion. He watched italy match tonight with me and kept roaring at the telly for the blues and calling the Albanians bullies when they fouled. Heās very immature but thatās a thing with ADHD.
Not sure what my point is really but would like to hear tales of fellas who thrived late or who it all just clicked with. Or if any of the rest of ye have lads with similar challenges.
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Jesus, whatās he like?
A chap I used to be friendly with in a past life has a kid - adult at this stage - with Adhd and he put him into kickboxing and martial arts young and he really thrived. Team sports donāt always go well with adhd ā¦ And the routine and structure of martial arts, where heāll be kinda up against himself, probably suit more. Iām sure itās tough when you just want your own to be into the stuff you are that you can bond overā¦ But thereās tonnes of other activities heāll thrive at.
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I envy so many of you above. One of our crew was retired this week. It goes by so quickly.
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No solid advice, I have a similar kid in many ways, sport never worked for her , she loves horses so we paid for lessons, sheās comfortable in the group there and helps out at the riding centre now sometimes.
When the shit hits the fan let him know that youāve always got his back, talk calmly when heās frustrated, give him plenty of hugs, tight ones if ye need it, the pressure can be good.
Good luck, youāre doing a great job
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