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 the child sees the activity as something that is 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 is 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. However, children who are physically uncoordinated are not necessarily going to be klutz s as they get older.