It’s gonna be painful either way. I was good at sports and still am. Now I see my kids growing beyond some important years in sports , two of them have as much natural ability for hand eye coordination sports as I did and are plenty strong and I haven’t taught them in any serious manner.
We never watch sports on TV or have much sports culture at all in the family other than a few half assed seasons of soccer fro each kid and I took up running again last year. I feel remiss.
On the other hand, I never have seen the two older ones have a ton of natural desire to achieve in team sports I never wanted to force that. One of them rides his BMX bike a lot and loves that so we will try to get him in some races for which he has shown interest. I think BMX is really good as a hobby or team sport. He also runs with me sometimes and is good for what he has put into it.
So now, I feel like if I put a lot into my youngest son’s athletic ability It’s unfair to his brothers! He is the strongest of all of them. Some dads would kill to have a strong, fast and fearless boy like him to push into sports. I am not sure that’s cool. His personality is great for team sports….ugggggh!
