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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just curious, if your son is <50th percentile still by age 7-8, why wouldn’t you pick sports (or at least one) that don’t rely so heavily on size? Seems like parents could have been a lot more proactive rather than to enroll your small for age kid in sports like football, baseball, and such with no alternative if they do end up staying small or grow very late. Seems like setting them up for failure and frustration.  I’m a big advocate for all kids, regardless of size, doing at least individual no cut sport starting young.  These tend to be the sports people participate in all their life (swimming, tennis, etc)[/quote]

OP here. We did it all and starting young - baseball, soccer, football, basketball, swimming. Golf and tennis was of no interest bc they really loved the more rough and tumble and team sports. It was clear to us that the younger two were going to be on the small side and we heavily encouraged the sports that are easier but they, of course, freaking loved basketball. I was hoping they would want to stay in soccer but by the time they were 9/10 they were not interested at all. My middle was really into baseball until middle school but decided it was too boring around 7th grade and 8th grade he quit after us pushing it for a year. He was good but he lost his starting spot at 1st base and was tired of working extra hard to keep up as his teammates were bigger now.

My oldest in college is doing golf now and I think I have talked my middle into taking lessons. Youngest wants nothing to do with tennis or golf at this point and never has. It may change though.

So, we can 'pick' all we want and try to guide them, but the kids are going to enjoy what they enjoy.

They all loathed swimming for sport, haha.[/quote]

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