Reply to Average child quits sports at 11

Forum Index » Soccer

Reply to "Average child quits sports at 11"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]This is not surprising. There are a ton of ways to get very young kids into soccer and gymnastics compared to just about everything else...so it will very likely be the first sport a kid plays. Once they are old enough, kids with an interest in sports will pick the option(s) that they like best and very likely drop everything else.

For example, my kids' pre-school has an outside company teach soccer and gymnastics once a week, so that's what they do. As they get older, it will be easier for me to take them to other sports depending on their interests. TBH, I'm on the fence about exposing them to organized sports so young. I just played on the playground in pre-school, learned skills for many different sports in PE in elementary, joined field hockey and soccer teams in middle, and played field hockey and lacrosse in HS. I considered going to a school where I could have played JV field hockey, but opted for a school with a more competitive team and contented myself with pick-up games for a couple of years. I played on a rec soccer league in grad school. My point is that it's really difficult to know what to make of this chart. In general, enabling kids to be outdoors and active at very young ages is good. I personally found a ton of value in playing a team sport. But beyond that, it's about fostering a love for physical activity and cameraderie...there are many ways to do that.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics