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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do kids have to be "signed up" to learn a sport?

Has this kid ever gone out into the neighborhood and gotten a group of boys and chosen up sides for a baseball game?  Has he ever walked to a playground to see if there is a basketball game going on?

Oh I forgot its 2013 and all children need to have their lives arranged by their parents.[/quote]

Where do you live that there are large groups of boys roaming the neighborhood looking for pick up baseball games?  We have a couple of playgrounds near us and that just doesn't happen. [/quote]

I live in Kensington and my two boys never went to any sports camp or had sports tutors.  This was in the early 2000's.

They learned how to play baseball, basketball, and football first by playing little backyard games supervised by their father.  Later on they played in groups at various school playgrounds or parks.  There was no emailing or Facebook organization.  It was spread by word of mouth.  Both of them went on to play two sports in high school.

I don't get it how or why parents have to be involved in this "signing up" when they can learn skills on their own by playing in their own neighborhood.

Someone mentioned that "it doesn't happen anymore".  The reason that it doesn't happen is because they sit on their rear ends playing video games or on the computer and half end up obese.  This "doesn't happen" mindset comes from the same parents that brought you "play dates".
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