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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 7th grader didn't fare so well when signed up for sports in elementary school, maybe in part, because of not starting in Kindergarten, but also because of ADHD, mind wandered off too much.  We allowed too much screen time during lockdowns and we want to require our child to take up a sport.  The challenge is, what sport at this point?  It seems like even rec teams are highly competitive and last year the basketball rec experience was negative - two kids on the team hogged the ball and the coach totally enabled it because the coach was too focused on winning, rather than teaching team work and sportsmanship.

What can a 7th grader start doing, while being behind peers in most sports?  Thought about rowing, but that won't be possible, really, until 8th grade.

Thoughts?

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OP do not listen to DCUM

Your DC can do anything they want.

My DS was a very easy boy. When he played on the neighborhood sports teams the dad coaches never played him. Long story short in 8th grade he took up lax himself. Played on an indoor league with some friends. No formal training.  Opps bye dad coaches hello HS.  By 9th he was on the Varsity team. By college division 1.

Boys change a lot in MS and HS.

OP what about track like shotput? Or cross country, or just track.

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