Maybe he could do something computer-oriented for a sports league or school team ... graphics for advertising, or scorekeeping, or statistical stuff? (My mother was a scorekeeper for Little League, back in pencil-and-paper days.) If he was doing something in the sports "area," and got to know the adults and children involved, he might want to play. Boys do need lots of exercise!
That's why I was thinking the camera was good. He could become the sports photographer.