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[quote=Anonymous]Funny, I was just thinking about this today.   My son is 8 and not great at sports.   Up til this year, it never bothered him to be bad.  He still had fun.  This year, he's getting teased.  And as a woman, I don't really know much about the need/role sports play in boys'/men's lives.   It seems pretty important.   And I wonder about the best way to approach this going forward.

Right now, my interim plan, is to try more individual sports.   He had a lot of difficulty with baseball this past spring, but really enjoyed a beginning fencing class.  I am going to sign him up for fencing again this fall.

He also seemed to enjoy tennis some, which he just tried this summer.  I might work with that, too.

I'm more worried about the social aspect.  Again, because sports seem to be so central to boys' social lives around here.

I'm not worried about the physical aspect.  My kid runs and plays on playgrounds, swims, bikes.   He's getting a lot of exercise just being a kid.   So I feel no need to force that stuff.

Looking at the long-game, though, I do think it's important to expose kids to physical activity that they will enjoy later as adults.   My son has swimming and biking, and they happen to be my favorites, too.  And he doesn't need anyone else in order to enjoy those activities, unlike team sports.

So I agree with both of you in part.   But I'd try to find another activity he may enjoy more.   And wouldn't force sports that he's disliked in the past.  He will get exposure to team sports in PE at school.  So it's not all-or-nothing.[/quote]

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