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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would sign him up but also explore some other sports that might be better for kid who is less of a naturally gifted athlete. Maybe swim team (year round swim is great exercise regardless of how fast you are) or rock climbing (Movement has great teams and it is a nice group of kids).[/quote]

Just replying to say that naturally gifted athletes exist, but many of the people called that aren’t. Both my kid and I were naturally very unathletic as young kids but became obsessed with different sports as we got older and had a lot of success with them (basketball for my kid, football and track for me).

Even things like speed and hand eye coordination can be learned much more than people think.  No, not to the level of being an MLB pitcher, but well enough to do well at HS varsity sports.  Of course, this assumes willingness to practice for hours every day for years, which most people don’t have.

Absolutely don’t make assumptions about your kid’s ceiling at 7.  [/quote]

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