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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Haven't read all the responses, but I would like to add my own personal experience.

I'm not a good "team player." I'm not coordinated, and not all that graceful. That said, I excelled when my parents stopped (after nearly a decade) with the f*&#ing soccer team and put me in swimming. I did really well. Then they introduced me to dance, which led me to yoga - now I own a thriving yoga studio in Southern California.

So, yes, encourage your son to do individual sports. He'll find something he likes, I'm sure.[/quote]

What if someday he says.

I sucked at team sports when I was 8... Then my parents gave up on me and I did yoga and dance until I was 15.... Fucking yoga!!!!!!

Then I played rugby and crew in HS and loved it.[/quote]

Forcing him to do team sports now when he hates it, is bad at it and feels badly about himself doing the team sports is most likely to turn him completely off from sports completely.

Letting him build confidence and learn teamwork and leadership through other non team sports activities while remaining fit through general activity or individual sports is much more likely to result in a kid who is confident to try sports when he is ready.

Your approach is all wrong PP.

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