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[quote=Anonymous]We exposed our girls (now in middle school) to a lot of different sports when they were really young. We're active adults so they're used to seeing their parents and parents' friends playing soccer, golf, tennis, swimming, running, biking, hiking, skiing, ice skating, etc. As little kids, they tried many different things through leagues, lessons, school, camps, etc. Some things stuck - they'd come home gushing about how great it was. Others didn't - dance was meh for my kids, but they have always loved team sports. Once we found what they liked, we increased the level/frequency of activity in those sports.  They both play travel soccer and basketball - they developed ability because they liked doing these sports and enjoyed putting in the time to get better.  We have never forced them to do anything but now they are pretty competent in most sports (at least good enough to get by) and they're not afraid to try to new things - they have confidence in themselves and I think that's a win.

BTW, both kids took gymnastics for a couple of years in early elementary school and while they decided not to pursue team level competition, the balance, strength and coordination they acquired from gymnastics has really served them well in all their other sports. So glad we did it.  [/quote]

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