what new sport can my 9-yo try and still have a good chance to excel?

[Anonymous]

we've done soccer, baseball and swimming. he enjoys them all but not self motivated enough to keep doing/playing. we want him to have one sport he does continuously and consistently for health and perhaps social benefits. tks!

[Anonymous]

I would try swimming or gymnastics. You can do them year-round.

(Don't know about excelling. That really is up to whatever role of the die genetics blessed your kid with combined with internal drive. Keep your kid physically active, but don't expect an Olympic Gold.)

[Anonymous]

Track, tennis, squash.

[Anonymous]

Fencing?

[Anonymous]

Martial arts, golf, swimming or tennis could all be lifelong activities without the team competition element if that turns him off.

[Anonymous]

I've got one of those here. He did a spring tennis program and really liked it. We're also going to get a late start on tae kwon do or karate this fall.

[Anonymous]

My youngest (11) does Tae Kwon Do and plays golf.

[Anonymous]

zumba
yoga

[Anonymous]

Lax

[Anonymous]

Rugby. My 8yo is obsessed! It's touch through U11.

[Anonymous]

Dodge ball.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:we've done soccer, baseball and swimming. he enjoys them all but not self motivated enough to keep doing/playing. we want him to have one sport he does continuously and consistently for health and perhaps social benefits. tks!

Maybe that's not really right for him. You can want what you want with kids, but they are their own people. (Yes, I appreciate the fitness, but you can't tell another self how to be self-motivated.)

[Anonymous]

My kid isn't a "one sport" kind of kid. He likes variety, and the less competitive feel of rec sports. So, he does a different sport each season, plus takes a dance class or a weight training class or something, and he rides his bike, and runs around with the dog. He's a fit as the athletic kids I know who do soccer or basketball day in and day out, he just gets there a different way. Maybe your kid is like that as well?

[Anonymous]

tae kwon do!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:we've done soccer, baseball and swimming. he enjoys them all but not self motivated enough to keep doing/playing. we want him to have one sport he does continuously and consistently for health and perhaps social benefits. tks!

Maybe that's not really right for him. You can want what you want with kids, but they are their own people. (Yes, I appreciate the fitness, but you can't tell another self how to be self-motivated.)

being able to excel at something may motive him to stick with it. that's the point.