A. Rather than give you a list of sports that are good for children, I think it is important to talk about the characteristics of any type of physical activity that young children engage in. Most of all, it is important for the activity to be fun. If kids see the activity as a task that they have to complete, that certainly will not foster their love of physical activity. The activity should be child-directed, meaning that the child should have some say or choice in deciding which activity to do. It s also important at young ages for the activity to not be excessively competitive.
Some children enjoy competition.
However, many other children, when not able to rise to the level of the competition around them, will withdraw from an activity. It is also important to remember to stop the activity before it becomes totally exhausting. It's hard to say how coordinated or uncoordinated a child will be later in life. Probably most children who start out very physically coordinated will continue to be reasonably coordinated as adults, presuming they do not become excessively overweight and don t have any severe injuries. There are a lot of changes that occur in a child s body as he grows and particularly as he goes through puberty and reaches adult size.