To ask you how much sport / extra curricular stuff your primary ages kids do?

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Just that really. We've got two v sporty DC's aged 7 and 9. They do several sessions a week both outside of school and as part of school extra-curricula stuff. The oldest wants to try an additional thing but I'm wondering what is too much?! They're young, but enthusiastic so I don't want to curb that. I'm just worried we won't get the right balance. DP is no help as he doesn't get the concept of them possibly getting too tired so would encourage them to do everything (not "make" them though, very important distinction, obviously).

By the end of year six DD1swimming 4 times a week.
DD2 swimming 3 times a week and basketball once a week plus training.

DS is 7 and not very sporty.
He does cricket after school on Monday and is quite enjoying it. Beavers Tuesday, Dance club and swimming Thursday. That’s enough for us.
He loves dance club and sometimes does a drama club after school to prepare for a performance.

My two don't do much organised stuff, we do a lot as a family and they like their downtime. They are 9 and 11, ds does football Thursday after school run by a club at school, he then goes to football training for an out of school club and has matches Saturday morning. i don't want anything else taking up time at the weekend as it's our family time. They both have an ice skating lesson on a weds night and stay for an hour public skate as well. We also go cinema or trampolining one night after school. They are in after school club every day until 5.30 and we go out all day at the weekend so I think they do enough. If one of them wanted to do something else and it was their idea I d see how it went? I think it depends on the child, some thrive on being busy all the time, some love their downtime. I d give it a go as it was your dc's idea, if its too much they can drop it or drop something else?

Tennis x1, rugby x 1, karate x 2, football x 1...and chess club, which is obviously not tiring. DS is 8 and still wants to go running and swimming at the weekend, plus hours in the park with mates! Does have pretty early bedtimes to ensure he’s fully rested. And eats everything in sight. I’d dial it back if he looked tired/didn’t enjoy it or if his academic stuff suffered.

My DD is not sporty but I take her out running with me sometimes to try and up her fitness levels. Activities wise, she does four hours on a Saturday (art, drama, singing, dance) which is completely her choice. And in the week she does Forrest school, choir and Minecraft club after school. I take her swimming every now and then but have taught her myself.

Thanks! So a fair number of activities seems quite normal, then? When we're at home they just want to sit in front of the TV so I like them being out doing stuff, I just don't want to wear them out completely! My youngest has also annoying started to get up early (around 6am) so he's getting less sleep than he used to, but he must not need it, I guess?

My dd is 6 and she does acrobatic arts, tap dancing and ballet as well as her normal school hours.

Ds is 4 and has no extra activities (dd was doing ballet by now) as he doesn’t have the patience for them

DS2 is 9 and in year 4
Monday - swimming
Tuesday - hockey
Wednesday - swimming
Thursday- running
Friday - cricket
Saturday - swimming and hockey
Sunday - rugby in winter, cricket in summer and Lifesaving in the evenings.
He has ADHD and motor tics but all the exercise seems to help with both. I'm bloody knackered though!

Same ages ish, every day for at least an hour, sometimes two activities for eldest (10). There are 6 hours to fill after school before bed. That is plenty of time to fit in at least one extra curricular sport plus plenty of down time. Plus, we do sport all Saturday morning. All term time only, so again, lots of downtime in school holidays. So, per week;
Dd1, 10, athletics, swim club x2, football (train plus match), acrobatics, ballet, musical theatre, hockey.
Dd2, 8, dance (x7).

Oh, I should say, I'm a sahm so can pick up at 3, with no after school club type things taking up time.,makes a big difference to what you can fit in.

One does sports 6 hours a week spread across five days. The other only does an hour but is out running around with friends most nights. They both do football so sometimes they have matches and competitions on top.
As for tiredness just try to stick to bedtimes and encourage good nutrition.
The worst thing I have found is all the driving and fitting in homework.

Too (bloody!) much.

Dd - 9 does:-

Sport A - 4 hours a week (2 sessions)
Sport B - 3 hours a week (2 sessions)
Sport C (connected to Sport B) - 1 hour per week
Sport D - 1 hour per week
Sport E - 1 hour per week

Believe it or not this is after we cut some down!

She also has 10 races / competitions this term which is pretty much one every (fucking) weekend. Have to travel to most of them so they take up most of a day!

Ds is nearly 6 and does 4 activities. Generally in a different place dd’s.

Dh and I are very tired.

I have twins (9). They both do cubs/brownies and once a week swimming lessons. DS does football training twice a week and DD has a music lesson once a week. Luckily all of these are within walking distance!

My 7 year old does five hours of gymnastics a week (split into two sessions, 3 hours on Saturday morning and two hours Monday after school), a half hour swimming lesson on Tuesday and an hour trampolining on a Wednesday. Thursday and Friday is her downtime, I like that we don’t have to rush off anywhere after school. Sundays are then family days. We might go to the cinema if there’s a decent kids film on, or I’ll take her to a trampoline park with a friend. Or we just stay at home.

5 yo does swimming, gymnastics and the odd school club.
7 yo does swimming, tap dancing and Beavers. He has SEN and it's been a long road to find clubs he copes with (and vice versa) so those are kind of set in stone now! The dancing and the Beavers are more "therapeutic" in that he learns participation and a few skills. The swimming he enjoys, is progressing and swimming independently.

We've also tried two other dancing classes, singing, recorder, trampolining, and he's been asked to leave one Sunday school.

DS8 has Mondays off from sports. Every other day he runs for an hour before school with me (he loves running and I ran for County for a long time so will admit it's something I've encouraged since the DC were very young).

He also does cricket and football on Tuesday, swimming and dancing on Wednesday, athletics and running club on Thursday, football on Friday and Sunday, karate and horse riding on Saturday.

It's difficult to find the right balance because he genuinely just loves sport and is one of those flukey children who excels at whichever sport he tries. I want him to have down time to just switch off and be a little boy who plays with his pets and lego, too, and so during the holidays we really don't do a great deal other than actual holidays and the odd day out.

DS1 is similarly sporty and plays for his cricket team 4 times a week, and during the winter he's all about the rugby. He dropped football when he went up to high school but still runs for the school team, so has a pretty similar schedule.

I love that they're both too busy to get into trouble, and I love that they both enjoy sport. DH was sporty as a child but does very little now and the DC's frequent cricket matches mean DH has started to get back into it, which is a great thing for his health.

DS 9 does swimming, parkour and chess club.

DD5 dance, football, gymnastics and swimming

I used to worry a lot about DS not wanting to do football or other team sports as he is a naturally shy kid, but we do a lot of walking and activities as a family and he really likes his downtime. My daughter could probably do another ten activities and never get tired out!

My DSD does swimming, Brownies, gymnastics, golf, dancing and saxophone every week.

--I think it's way too much, but that's another thread

Swimming, gymnastics, football, rugby, tennis

DD aged 8 does:

Swimming
Climbing
Trampolining
Music lessons

DD4 does:

Swimming
Music classes
And I've got her name down for Rainbows

Ds was
Swimming 1-2-1 once a week
Swimming group once a week
Karate x 2
Footie training + matches 2-3 days a week

Ds is 7 and has a bananas schedule but I want to encourage it while he’s enthusiastic.

Monday - rugby
Tuesday - violin and football
Weds - tennis
Thursday - swimming and karate
Friday - golf
Saturday - tennis
Sunday - sometimes more golf but that’s a relaxed family time at the driving range rather than a lesson.

Dd by the end of year 6 was doing 24 hours of training in her sport spread over 5 days!

Dd2 on the other hand (year 5) does theatre (1.5hrs) Tuesday and her chosen sport for 2 hrs on a Wednesday.

Ds at that age was doing his sport (1hr) on a Wednesday and scouts on a Thursday.