What non-team sports do your DC do? I’m looking for ideas to suggest to DS(9), as we’re coming to the conclusion that team sports are not his thing (we have not told him this). Also not a naturally sport child either, and needs to improve his fitness.
He’s been learning basketball for about 8 months and tbh while he says he enjoys it, he’s hopeless at it, just like football - he seems to like the running around bit and the ball practice drills but actually avoids the ball coming his way 🙈. The coaches also seem to have disregarded him as we’ve noticed they don’t bother correcting his techniques much anymore, but they do with most of the other kids.
He already swims (lessons plus leisure pool visits, not competitive), Street Dance and basketball.
In the past he has tried:
Football (didn’t like it plus hopeless at it)
Kickboxing (2 years, grew to hate it)
Karate (boring)
Bike riding (doesn’t like)
Badminton - did 1 session at school & wasn’t fussed
Athletics - he really enjoyed a 2-day holiday club at our local Club last year but it’s invite-only to join and over-subscribed with a long waiting list; it’s also well known to only offer to the cream of crop, hence the holiday clubs to sift through the kids on it and DS didn’t an offer to join. I can’t seem to find a place that does athletics purely for fun and exercise, instead of nurturing future athletes.
Running - quite likes it but his running style is all out of kilter so he would need to be taught how to improve this, I assume through a club. I can’t take him to a Park Run as it says an adult has to be with a child of his age at all times and I am unable to run due to a spinal injury. He tried out for a cross-country event at school this week but didn’t get offered a place.
In school PE they are currently doing tennis and cricket and he says he likes the tennis so we are going to do a trial class somewhere, but cricket he isn’t fussed about he says.
We’d like him to try something else, hence considering non-team sports and seeking ideas to what other DC do. We know he’s not sporty at all but we’re not having him be sedentary either.