Quote From: rosebud415I feel all kids should at least
try a sport or two. If they are no good at one sport then try a different one. Their are too many kids that are over weight and live on the computer or in front of the TV. I have a 17 year old daughter that was active in sports in 5 - 8 grade. She found that she was not that good at them and when she got in high school she did chorus and loved it. She also found out she loves to bowl and is in her second year of bowling. My 15 year old boy lives for sports. When he is doing sports his grades stay up and he stays out of trouble. He does football, basketball, and wrestling. I started them both when they were 4 in the YMCA soccer program and they did it until they where in 8th grade. Know my 5 year old boy has been doing sports for the past year and loves it. He also started in soccer, then baseball, then football, now basketball. He also is in his second year of bowling and he also does tumbling. Kids need structure and sports make them strong and they learn a lot of things that are not taught in school. We have always had wonderful coaches and they have always cared about the kids and help them in anyway they can.
I feel all kids should at least try a sport or two.
I slightly disagree with that statement as not all kids are interested in sports. I was never really into any type of sport as that was not my "cup of tea" I did, however at the age of 13 try one season of soccer and never went back for any other seasons nor did i want to try any other sports.
In high school my extra curricular activities entailed the creative writing club as that was my kind of thing. Unlike my younger brother who was in hockey since he was 5, played soccer, baseball and roller-hockey and still to this day plays hockey that was not something, outside of that one season (painfully long) of soccer i was not interested in sports and no one forced me to continue.
Over my teenage years though, my other extra curricular activities was drama - in my local town through the parks and rec. dept they had acting classes and at the end of the session we put on a play for parents. I did this three times before i got too old for the youth classes and as an adult i had other interests.
Anyway to go back to my point - no child should get involved in sports unless they really want to and parents should never force them to join a sport. If a child shows interest in other activities then that is what they should pursue. Sports involvement is not for everyone and there are other ways for youngsters to lose weight other than taking part in organized sports.
