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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids had an idea of sports since they could stand up.  I kicked the soccer ball at the park with them, hit tennis balls, timed their laps around the park,  shot baskets on mini hoop and pitched the wiffle ball.  They definitely had natural inclinations and like of certain sports.  I could not get my kids interested in a sport they didn’t want to play.

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Yep. And most kids are social and prefer to be part of a team as children, not swimming laps alone or running around the track.[/quote]

It's also nuts to write off a sport at age 6 just because a kid might struggle for a few years before puberty or because it's unlikely the kid will make it as pro. At that age, parents shouldn't be envisioning a future in the sport - the kids should be learning and playing for fun. Getting started in rec basketball doesn't meant that the kid has to be playing AAU a few years later.

Plus, you can't go by size alone when making these decisions - it's size and the time of puberty. In soccer, for instance, there are plenty of shorter-than-average players, but many of those on top teams in the youth ranks had mustaches in middle school. [/quote]

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