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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll preface this by saying I'm not athletic and have no clue about sports. But my 2nd grade boy is really sporty and at this point there aren't enough hours in the week to do all of the sports. All things being equal, how do I figure out which sports are most desired for boys for, say,college admissions? For example, he's been invited to be on a competition gymnastics team, but it is a lot of hours per week. He also likes baseball, soccer, wrestling, running. And he seems to enjoy them all equally. How did you help your kid choose, or did you just let them do 2 + hours of sports per day, every day?[/quote]

The best kids at 8-12 are 99 percent of the time not the best at 17-18 so throw that college admission pipe dream out the window right now [/quote]

Disagree.  The kids that are the best at 17-18 were also athletic and fell anywhere from very good to the best.  I've been around youth sports in various capacities and rarely see a college athlete that was a dud as an 8-12 yo.  Obviously, there are also plenty of kids that were very good to the best at 8-12 end up at the same place as the kids who were never any good.

OP, my view is let your kid play as many sports as they want and you can afford (both time and money) to support for as long as possible.  I don't think any of the sports you listed are early specialization sports.  I'm not a big soccer player, but it does seem like a sport that requires a big commitment, but at that age, you should be able to play club soccer + other sports.  [/quote]

This is not really true for kids who are taller and take longer to grow into their body and physical coordination.  My nephew seemed pretty spastic in elementary years and ended up 6-6 and played D1 basketball.  So go figure.[/quote]

I have an athletic 11 yo who is tall, lanky, and spastic due partly to ADHD.  Coaches get really frustrated with him and think he's underperforming, but he's genuinely trying his hardest and tells me this.  Despite all of this, he's still in the top 50% of a good team (that he keeps barely making), but he's no coach's favorite player right now.  Holding on to hope that this will work out like it did for your nephew. [/quote]

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