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[quote=Anonymous]Sounds a lot like me as a kid. I did eventually join cross country in high school, mostly for socialization. Was never particularly good at it, but it was no-cut and fairly low key. I actually wish my parents had pushed me more and am semi-jealous of those who have lifelong fitness related hobbies like golf, tennis etc. I started tennis and golf as an adult and took some lessons, but have never made much progress with either. Just started pickleball.

It is hard with teens, but I really do think she is young enough that it is still reasonable to force her to choose to do an activity for now (who knows, maybe she will take an interest in something). If she still doesn’t, at least you tried!

A lot of the suggestions have been good. Beginner tennis lessons maybe? Recreational dance classes? Golf? All of those are usually widely available. See if anything is offered at your local YMCA, JCC, community center etc. At her age, these classes tend to be geared towards beginners. Our local JCC used to offer a “teen girls fitness” type of class that sounded great. Not sure if they still do. [/quote]

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