Reply to Non-competitive beginner level sports for teens

Forum Index » Tweens and Teens

Reply to "Non-competitive beginner level sports for teens - does this exist?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Here’s my advice. Look for local rec leagues in whatever sport he is interested in. There are no tryouts and everyone gets to play so he can start now. Maybe he won’t ever get to the level of a travel player or even the best players on the rec team but if he’s reasonably athletic and willing to put in the time, he can be probably hold his own. The downside we experienced with rec baseball in HS was there was greater demand than teams so my son was placed on a huge team and most kids only got to bat 2x a game and 2 innings in the field. His team had everyone from complete newbies to “retired” travel players. He himself had played rec baseball through elementary and then BCC select in MS and was just looking for a way to stay active.

As for soccer, there are always rec teams. Again, it’s hard to start these sport late but there is a team if you look and it is no cut. He won’t make it to travel or to HS varsity staring at 13 but he can still have a great experience. It is about having fun being active. My other son who did start travel young and went all in, never says no to a friend who wants to practice with him and he has given a lot of friends pointers over the years. Perhaps he has friends who are willing to help him out. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics