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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For recreational leagues, swimming is probably good, but as you get older into HS, size can start to influence performance significantly (As a short former swimmer who swam through HS but the taller, broad/developed shouldered boys and girls were the standouts)[/quote]

Yeah, funny you mention this.  I'm a woman who is 5'4'' and kind of small-ish framed.  I swam growing up through high school, and I was decent, but  never great at it, perhaps partially due to my height.  I was better at distance, where height is less of a disadvantage.

Funny thing, I started recreationally running/racing in my late 20s, early 30s, and am actually surprisingly decent at it for someone who started so late.  Since I was never great at soccer and other running-based team sports, my parents were super surprised.  We joked that I should have done cross country/track instead.

Being short and not great at team sports might be unrelated.  I know I've always been bad at coordinating with balls and other objects.  If he likes to climb, he might just be one of those people who is better at individual sports.  I don't know if climbing teams are a thing on the east coast, but a lot of gyms on the west coast have recreational climbing teams.  Maybe check it out and see if that's an option if he likes it?[/quote]

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