I'm begging

[TicTacDuck]

Hey everyone! I just love teachign! It's soo wonderful . . I have one student Carly. She's 12 years old and very involved in many activities. She only plays because her mom wants her to ontinue with music .. and she enjoys it. However, with her busy schedule she rarely practices. She could be phenomenal i hear glimpses of it when she plays .. How can I get her to practice and just to find a love in piano?

[lc3606]

Your excitement will eventually rub off on your student, hopefully.  Keep a close eye out to see what interests your student and assign more of those materials.  Present materials with excitement and break it down into manageble steps.  Help her develop a practice routine and be sure to teach her effective practicing.  

[dj]

well im not gonna b as optimistic as lc3606, because i was a lot like carly. everyone was enthusiastic about my abilities except 4 me, i was told i could've been a child prodigy, however practicing was never a major priority with me until just this past year when i actually got excited about playing, and that had 2 come from me. no amount of encouragement from anyone could make me want to practise if i didn't feel like it.
the best thing u can do really is what Ic3606 has already said, just try 2 pick out pieces that will get her excited about piano. good luck

[ilovebach]

It is hard when there are so many activities that children can do nowadays - when I was little the only thing on offer was piano or ballet and I couldn't do ballet!
Chances are if she is good at piano she may be good at lots of things and so everyone at all  the activities she does will be wanting their pound of flesh! All you can do is to be encouraging and give her pieces which are either very rewarding to play or strike a chord with her.

A couple of suggestions:
What about you playing through a set of pieces to her and get her to choose the one she wants to work on? If she has limited time to practice she is more likely to do it if she really likes the sound of the piece.

What about teaching her some jazzy pieces from memory rather than from music, so she could just sit down at the piano and play something for fun?

Just don't put her off by pressurising - she will probably still improve even with little practice and she may come to realise that the piano is very important at a later date - even as an adult!