Sports for kids
It’s starting already. Now that my son has turned three, I look through the county activities and see things like T-ball for preschoolers. Soccer for preschoolers. Swimming lessons. And I think of how I was never involved any any team sports, except during P.E. Yep, I was always chosen last on teams. :loser: I hated it. I didn’t think I was that bad, really, just inexperienced.
Because of this, I feel the deep, urge to enroll my son in sports. Lots of them. I want him to be the athlete every kid wants on his team. I want him to be the kid who makes the home run, the kid who scores the soccer goal. I want him to be what I couldn’t be.
Instead, I can tell already that he’s inherited my genes. My darling boy can’t catch a ball to save his life. When running to kick a soccer ball, he trips over his own feet. My heart goes out to him, and again, that’s why I’m lured to the sports, thinking–if I start him now, he’ll get better by the time he’s in elementary school. Remediation! Quick, get the boy in a soccer class, stat!
Yes. I am being tempted by the Dark Side. :starwars: The power of the Soccer Moms. Must. Fight. The. Urge. To. Enroll. Him. Gaaaahh!! :duh:
He needs to just be a kid, to relax and enjoy his childhood. I know this. But at the same time, I have the urge to see him in one of those cute little uniforms as he bites his tongue and swings a bat at the ball.
Someone stop me before the madness begins!
Michelle posted in Writing @ 5:31 am | Viewed 790 times
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Michelle Says:
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Bonnie Ferguson Says:
:starwars: Ah the temptation to the dark side IS strong but your resistance is even stronger :headbang: I remember being picked last for the team…not fun
Jill Says:
I’m a fellow non athlete, surrounded by my husband and kids who are all athletic.
Rene Says:
I put my kids in everything. My son is not athletic. We gave up on baseball but I make him play soccer because he needs the activity. He’d be content to sit on his butt and play video games all day. My daughter is athletic and she plays tee-ball (with the boys) and soccer plus she does cheerleading. I think organized sports are fine for little ones–as long as you don’t take it seriously. At 3, you can’t expect anything. They just need to have fun and be exposed to working with other kids. Tee ball is a riot and so is soccer. They get a snack at each game and a trophy at the end of the season, that’s all they care about. Just keep it fun.
Melissa Says:
I’m just the opposite with my kids and sports. I’d rather they participated in music and drama. That won’t happen with my stepson – he’s very athletic and will be in football in the fall. I didn’t have the best experience in sports – I was athletic – that wasn’t the problem. The problem was the politics of the whole thing. If your parent was on the school board or an influential member of the town, then by golly, the kids would play, whether they were good or not. I got sick of it after my freshman year of high school and poured my efforts into the drama department and band. Had a ton of fun and didn’t have the stress. My little brother, OTOH, was big into sports and still is. He played football, basketball,baseball and track in high school, then went on to play college baseball. He is still involved in sports.
I also am being a lazy mom – I don’t want to drive all over the place for practices and games. :whistle:
Tori Says:
Another non-athlete here. I hated PE class in the worst way. Never failed as soon as i started to get the hang of whatever we were doing, we’d switch to something else. So I was back to be a :loser:
And Kacey’s going to smack you big time for even THINKING about becoming a soccer mom.
Crystal* Says:
I’m not athletic in the slightest. I’m competitive as all hell, so I don’t know what happened there.
Ahhh…coordination. THAT must be the problem.
I was a soccer Mom for a couple of years. I let my oldest girl play, and I coached. When we started getting to the older stages, we ended up moving, and she quit. Now she plays basketball.
I will say this: at three years old, he’ll love the hell out of any sport. I would crack up because the boys’ soccer coach would let them run around and get all that energy out. If they kicked the ball, great. If not, great. It was a good time for them.
If you do go over to the “dark side” make sure you’ve got a good coach. It will make ALL the difference in the world.
Grins*
Danica Says:
Another non athlete surrounded by athletes. I spent my formative years like this: :book: Which may be one of the reasons I don’t get along with my athletic family. However, I will say (at the risk of being struck by lightening) that I do wish I’d been forced to do something physical, because we all need to do something for exercise. DH and I have a rule, both with his kids, and soon, ours, that we don’t care what you do, but you will be out doing something physical on a regular basis.
kacey Says:
hm, when my boys were that age we called it Herd Ball
But it does wear their little butts out…which is what it’s all about anyway! :rocker:
Suzanne Says:
Ha. Good luck, Michelle. Once the sports begin, they NEVER END! :mallet:
Karen Scott Says:
When I was younger, I managed to achieve the balance of being athletic and academic. The first ever club I belonged to, was a gymnastics club (didn’t we all want to be like that Chevchenko (sp?) kid?) I was in a running club, I was in a soccer club, I played Netball for my school, as well as hockey.
Being involved in all those sports made me realise the value of discipline. It would have been easy enough to do nothing, but my parents just weren’t built that way. Some people would call them pushy parents, and at one point, I probably thought so too, but now I look back, and I know that all those activities helped mold me into the person I am today.
When I have kids, I will be that pushy mother, if only to stop them being obese like so many kids nowadays.
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