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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD7 is trying her first team sport, and she picks basketball. She is clumsy and cries at first practice (ball hit her). She is not a sporty type, and she only has done dance, gyynmastic and c swimming in the past with zero body contact. Is basketball a bad pick for an unalthetic girl?[/quote]

Our rule was that you had to do one physical activity each season. Did not have to be a team sport. Could be yoga, running, dance, swim lessons, weights, or doing regular workouts (like position coaching for a sport she wasn't good at to get better). . . . whatever. We hoped for a team sport as we thought that teaches some good lessons but were not pushing it.

My kid for YEARS did sports and physical activities of all sorts and was, generally, the skinny kid doing cartwheels and picking dandelions during meets or games. She's now in college and is playing a sport. She was a rockstar in her sport by junior and senior year and received many accolades.

Don't give up.  Just be patient and let her try lots of different things. It wasn't until maybe 6th grade that she found it.

That said, I'd steer away from oversaturated sports like soccer. I'd try things like track, field hockey, tennis, golf. . . . even gymnastics. We had several former gymnasts on our travel teams and their strength, body control, and athleticism makes them transition easy to lots of sports, imo.[/quote]

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