I was an athlete and Im a PT so I get that regarding sports. I think they instill confidence in kids and they teach them that results come from hard work, commitment, and dedication. My son is horrible at team sports. He is adhd and even though he’s got tons of energy he has really poor coordination and fine motor skills. What bothered me so much was that he didn’t even want to try! And the more I pushed the more he resisted. I was forcing him to practice dribbling and trying to invent games to work on catching skills. Eventually I gave up cause it just added more struggle and conflict to my life and I wasn’t accepting him for who he is.
What i do tell him is he has to choose one sport, one hobby and then next year we will pick an instrument. I let him choose what he wants, but I make sure he knows he has to be part of something. He ended up becoming obsessed with martial arts. He loves it and practices without me telling him. He loves rock scrambling and hiking that involves pseudo parkor so I’m gonna look into rock climbing when he gets a bit older too.
I think some personalities just need to feel they have control
