“As a teen, I felt that everyone hated me,” he recalls now. “I was always doing something wrong, it seemed. It’s hard to feel good about yourself when everyone is complaining about you. Sports turned those negative feelings into positive ones.”
Children who are part of a team have a group to hang with and something in common to talk about.Being part of a school team provides an incentive to do well academically. Kids have to maintain a certain GPA to be eligible to play.Athletic talent and achievement in high school may help a teen get into college — sometimes with a scholarship — when his test scores and GPA are less than stellar.
Finding the right sport for your child takes time. Here are four steps that will get you moving:Sports that our older son enjoyed were not for Jarryd, whose attention span was shorter. To Jarryd, baseball was slow and boring. Soccer couldn’t contain his high energy level. He needed a fast-moving sport — basketball or football. Community teams that emphasize fun over winning may be a better match for your teen than a school team.
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