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[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]

Our daughter is the same and she does one primary sport the whole year (try outs) plus one secondary sport each season, plus some summer swim team. She wants to do it all and will have to prioritize by age 10 or 12 really. 
We also learned more about her and while she's good at a ton of stuff incd tennis and swimming, plus tough on herself/wants to win, she really thrives at fast team ball sports like basketball. She likes it better than soccer due to higher scoring, more team communication on the court.

Just get to know your kid and they'll prob pick right by middle school when things get to be 3-5x a week for a program.

If you need any strategic help, there is an ESPN ranking of sports by different body attributes - speed, durability, hand/eye, endurance, field reading, etc. which could help.  It helped us with our other kid who we sensed did not like ball/field sports but did OK at them. They were however, a very strong build and technical but hated to run - so swims and plays squash.  When in a team sport they start slacking! but not in individual sports... [/quote]

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