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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks for the suggestion.  In 5th grade the only two fall sports for boys at the school are cross country and football.  (he's tiny and slow!)  I like the idea of searching out other things that he can be involved in after school, but it seems like most of the kids are involved in sports during that time.  I'll check with the school to see what other options exist.

Honestly, I'm okay with him being nonathletic.  I just don't want his friendships to suffer if he's one of the only boys not playing sports. [/quote]

I have trouble imagining that every boy in the school is running cross country or playing football.  For one thing, I think it would be impossible to find a school in the DMV with no soccer players. My guess is that when things shake out he'll find plenty of friends who are either playing sports outside of school like your son is doing with TKD, or who put their energy into music or drama or chess or something.[/quote]

Most school teams have incredibly competitive soccer teams/few spots since the majority of youth in this area play soccer/travel.  There are very, very good soccer players that can't get a school spot.

15 kids on a team v.s. 3,500 students at our HS.[/quote]

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