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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You start in rec leagues fool [/quote]

Step #1: Ignore trolls like this PP who have no life and just like trying to be mean.

Step #2: Watch your kids, talk to them, find out so far what activities they  like.  What is most fun in gym for your 8 yr old?  Get your younger kid out there playing with balls or swimming or doing things and see what they like to do.  It starts with what they're already interested in, even if it's not formal sports.

Step #3: What are your 8yr old's friends doing?  Try joining some of that to test out some sports in ways your kid might like better because they know someone else doing it.  Rec leagues (short for recreational leagues) are indeed a good way. Also summer camps that focus on a sport or activity are sometimes in 1 week or 2 week sessions, which is also a good way to try out.

And if all else fails as they approach 5th grade (which to me is when people seem to start getting serious about competitive sports yet are still in time for their kid to get good training to move forward), then you choose a sport to get them into more seriously and hope they like it.

But please do NOT become one of those parents who keeps their kid in a sport they hate because of either status, potential college opportunities (which require SO MUCH COMMITMENT from child and parent as well). There are great things to learn from your kid playing a sport, especially team sports but more individual sports like tennis, archery, fencing, martial arts and swimming too.  But forcing a kid to spend endless time doing something they really don't want to do is usually more harmful all around than just trying to find other ways for them to excel.[/quote]

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