Son increasingly frustrated with sport

Hello all.

First Post!

Wondering if anyone is in the same boat as us, and/or have some strategies

Our son is approaching 14. Recently been diagnosed ASD (no surprise at our end). He is really bright, does well in school, and in the main manages things quite well but with some common ASD traits (obsessed by F1, likes smaller groups, does not see other peoples opinions well, and generally has a slightly different take on things).

Where we have the most stressful of problems is with his sport. He plays two sports at a reasonably high level but gets unreasonably frustrated with coaches, team mates, and himself.

This can be anything and everything:

- too much coaching

- coaches not listening to his ideas (he has a lot)

- team mates not listening to his instructions 

- not respecting weaker team mates

- never just 'letting things go' and moving on to the next play

..... the list goes on. He loves his sport, but often it creates most of his stress.

regards

S

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