Kids choose their sports themselves. Mine chose swimming around age 8, took lessons since 6. Hated all other sports, as swimmers are often terrible soccer players or runners. He likes skiing and windsurfing, though, when vacationing, but both are too high maintenance individual sports to do regularly. It will come naturally, don’t worry. I would secure spots on the waitlists, though.

Introduce him to everything. Support what he enjoys.

I would say to try the more aggressive sports as early as you can. Soccer, basketball, things where you have to take the ball from someone. It is hard to get into that later when everyone else is better. Easier when kids are young and the other kids aren't that coordinated or aggressive yet either. Especially true for an introverted kid to get into those team atmospheres. I am not saying to push it against their will. But some sports are really hard to get into for a kid who isn't used to bei bgg aggressive. And kids can really miss out on something that would have been fun if they didn't feel awkward as an older kid trying things.

The playground and the backyard.

Seriously. You’ll see what he likes—climbing? Throwing? Running? Flipping upside down? Go from there.

At 1 both kids loved the water and I would have thought for sure we’d be involved in a summer swim team for years. Over 10 years later and neither are interested and we stopped our pool membership since they don’t even like going to the pool. I agree with the others about getting on a pool waitlist to keep your options open. I guarantee your child will pick up sports or hobbies you aren’t even imagining now.

At age 1, it's hard to tell what your child will be good at. Just watch what he's naturally inclined to do and what body type he ends up with - this is hard to discern until your child is in Kindergarten, or at least pre-school, in my experience. If I had judged my son at age 1, I would have thought sumo wrestling would be this thing - he was chunky. Now he is tall and spindly and I try to fatten him up...

Expose your child to many things and see what takes. Swimming is obviously something you can start super early with a mom/baby class.

Basketball. its very social

Anonymous wrote:If you don't think he's going to be super athletic you could consider lacrosse and fencing. This isn't to say athletes don't play those sports (especially lacrosse where the best players are amazing multi-sport athletes), but the barrier to entry and the athletic ability required to keep participating through high school is lower.

You are so off. This is the last sport an unathletic child should be playing. It takes speed, agility and excellent hand eye coordination, plus it is over the top agressive.

I know this because my 9yr old plays and I hate the sport. Super competitive, physically abusive, and speed and aggression is a bare minimum.

Oh and depends on where you live, but at our high school lacrosse is king and you aren't making it unless you are at athlete. Period.

Repetitive motor skills. Tennis, golf, motor sports.

If you don't think he's going to be super athletic you could consider lacrosse and fencing. This isn't to say athletes don't play those sports (especially lacrosse where the best players are amazing multi-sport athletes), but the barrier to entry and the athletic ability required to keep participating through high school is lower.

11:44 again. We’re also on a waitlist for a community pool- wish we had gotten on it before he was born.....

Our son is 3 and we just started swim lessons. Otherwise we just take him to the playground a lot and “play ball” in the backyard (baseball). He likes to ride a balance bike too. I know of a toddler “soccer class” that some of his friends are in but we felt like one organized activity was enough for now.

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Anonymous wrote:Lady, you need to get a hobby. Thinking about this when your kid is one is problematic.

Read a book. Knit. Go for a run. Just stop trying to control the outcome of your kid’s life by overthinking everything.

This. A million times this.

This is so crazy I have to think it’s a troll

If OP is interested in her child having the opportunity to participate on a local summer swim team when he’s older she’s smart to join a waitlist now. In an area where pool membership waitlists are years long she could be SOL if she waited. That’s not overthinking or crazy, it’s smart.

And not for nothing, while my oldest joined the swim team 6, and did not do summer minis, my middle guy did minis at 4. My youngest is 4 now and she’s going to try minis - not sure whether she’ll want to do it or not this summer though - if not, next summer - I won’t force it this year. So it is not necessarily 8 year down the line

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lady, you need to get a hobby. Thinking about this when your kid is one is problematic.

Read a book. Knit. Go for a run. Just stop trying to control the outcome of your kid’s life by overthinking everything.

This. A million times this.

This is so crazy I have to think it’s a troll

If OP is interested in her child having the opportunity to participate on a local summer swim team when he’s older she’s smart to join a waitlist now. In an area where pool membership waitlists are years long she could be SOL if she waited. That’s not overthinking or crazy, it’s smart.

Anonymous wrote:Lady, you need to get a hobby. Thinking about this when your kid is one is problematic.

Read a book. Knit. Go for a run. Just stop trying to control the outcome of your kid’s life by overthinking everything.

This. A million times this.

This is so crazy I have to think it’s a troll