Anonymous wrote:Baseball has been the best. The little league complex and families have a strong sense of community.

2nd worst behavior seen by parents. Every.Single.Parent is certain their snowflake is going to play professionally. It is pathetic.

Worst is hockey. Omg, the parents.

Ultimate frisbee

Anonymous wrote:Softball has been a very positive experience.

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Basketball. The kids loved it.

My now-senior has played ultimate frisbee since middle school and it’s been amazing. The league is run well, but it’s also not intense or inflexible. She’s made great friends and while she doesn’t love everyone she interacts with, they don’t tolerate obnoxious behavior from anyone. Because they don’t have referees she’s developed collaboration and problem solving skills. It’s not expensive and they play in one form or another all year. Parents are encouraged to watch but there’s never that crazy intensity that I felt when my older child played soccer.

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Anonymous wrote:Summer swim. The community over years of both kids and parents. I feel like it’s how I’ve watched the kids of my neighborhood grow up.

Have heard others say this too but swim team is such a clique at our pool. And the schedule is almost impossible for working parents unless you have a nanny.

+same. You're only welcomed if you're good enough to help the team but not threaten the individual results of the best swimmers. I thought the atmosphere was toxic. I made my kids do it for just 2 years to solidify their swimming skills, but they begged me to stop, which I agreed to eventually.

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Exact same. I found swim team really cliquey and even a bit toxic- made it 2 years but my kids haaaated every minute of it so we stopped.

I agree that as a parent it can be hard to break in socially as a lot of the families have known each other for multiple summers and the kids become right. We met and made a lot of friends through swim team once we as parents started to get more involved and volunteer. My kids love love love summer swim and are already counting down the days until the pool opens

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Anonymous wrote:Summer swim! Great family activity for all ages and they learn/practice a life skill. Social activities for both parents and kids. I enjoy that it’s a team sport that spans across all age groups, so you have the older kids cheering on the younger ones. It can be as competitive (A meets) or as relaxed (B meets) as you choose.

This. And our league is so small we don't do A meets/B meets so everyone is together. It has been amazing for our family.

+1, we moved and went from MCSL to a small low key league in the exurbs with just 1 meet per week and it is everything summer swim should be.

Cross country. No drama - nice fall meets, most families are friendly and gracious.

We moved out of the area, and now it is ski team. Kids love it, and it gives us our weekends to ski together or go do other things while they are practicing in nature with a great group of friends.

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Anonymous wrote:Climbing. Great, inclusive community.

Where are there climbing teams?

Most of the indoor climbing gyms have a youth team. Movement (Crystal City), Sport Rock, etc. Look for your nearest climbing gym, and I bet you'll find a team hosted there.

There are also clubs at a number of schools that compete with each other.

Softball has been a very positive experience.