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[quote=Anonymous]We did martial arts at a young age to teach discipline, self confidence and balance.

We did soccer starting at 5 yo since their school had a program that helped kids from their class meet each other this way.

One of my sons wrestled for 2 years because his friends did.

My kids did not do Tball/baseball because it is painful (2 hour games) and not enough exercise. (But in the end I think this would be the least health hazardous sport and college age kids play on club teams.)

We did flag football and tackle at the younger age (pre middle school) because our theory is the bigger they are the harder they fall. There were some concussions but not as many as in middle school and high school.

We are now basically soccer, basketball and lacrosse. As you get older and better at passing lacrosse injuries become less - if you pass the ball they can't hit you. There is more hitting in little league lacrosse than older age.

Our kids will not be good enough for basketball past middle school but I want them to have enough skills to play a pick up game with cousins on Thanksgiving day.

Running - we are starting to run 5K's as a family (middle school) and also the kids are old enough we can run during their practices. It is a skill they can take with them for the rest of their lives.

Golf - they just started playing golf in summer camp. One of my sons will probably not be good enough to play LAX past freshman year so I hope he can play golf with his school team.

Rock climbing and Earthtreks - though we don't have enough time right now to dedicate time to this I also think this is a good sport to carry on for a lifetime. I have family in CO and they all rock climb. My kids do this in summer camp. I would like to have them do the teen club when they become a teen.

Kayaking - my kids do kayaking in the summer at summer camp.

Skiing - My kids did ski school when they visited vamily in CO. They are getting older now and I may do more ski lessons and snowboarding lessons this year. 4th and 5th graders ski for free in PA. You can google it. This is because important to me because when I was in college and my friends went skiing I couldn't ski and it was embarrasing. My SIL in CO finally taught me to ski. It is a great way to spend a weekend together with family.

If you figure my kids have been doing sports for 6 years for 3 seasons (that is 18 seasons) my list seems a little less sports fanaticish. My rule is 1 sport and 1 nonsport activity per season (chess, instrument, etc).

I work so they have summer camps too.

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