Basketball troubles!?

Question

My 10 year old son is very interested in sports. He knows more sports today more than anybody and I'm proud of that. But, my son loves basketball the most and wants to play it. He is pretty unathletic thanks to his mom and not good at basketball, but how do I nudge him toward a different sport that he enjoys and is good at without hurting his feelings?

Answer 1

He's 10 years old, man. He has plenty of time to develop, and could make a very good basketball player. It's despicable when a parent tries to choose what sport their child will play. It should be the kid's choice, not yours.

Answer 2

let him try. if he's not that good at it he will either stick with it anyway, or give it up in favor of something that suits him better. when i was younger i played basketball in middle school. i did it because my friends wanted me to, and i ended up really liking it. and you know what? i sucked at it! lol. i just had so much fun trying and playing, and i really didnt care if we won or lost.

Answer 3

Who cares if he isn't Michael Jordan on the basketball courts.  He enjoys basket ball, what kind of a parent would discourage their child from the joys of being a child.  I don't get it.

Answer 4

If he really wants to play it try signing him up for a  basketball camp or training and after that, if he still wants to play sign him up for a league. Maybe after some practice he'll get better

Answer 5

help him excersise and get better at it before joining a team. but he will be mad at you if you don't let him play it.

wrestling is a good sport maybe have him try that. Take him to some matches. If he gets interested in it that will be good. (The two sports are during the same season in jr high and high school so he couldn't do both)

Answer 6

You dont instead you encourage him in the sport he has selected and let him know that although he is not the best player on the team all that matters is he gives it all hes got and try his best.  My daughter always loved basketball and wanted to play.  from the time she was in third grade we let her play in the youth league and she definitly asnt a ball player but she tried and never gave up.  Her dad would go outside in the evening and work with her and it seemed she always had a ball in her hands.  When she got to junior high she wanted to play on the school team and again we let her, she wasnt the star but she did get better, now she is in high school and she is on the girls team and she is one of the starters all of those years of dedication and practice paid off and this year she made the all conference team.  If your son has his heart set on playing let him and encourage him if he finds out he isnt good he will change if not he will try harder and at 10 who knows what he will be like when he hits highschool.

Answer 7

Well, if he wants to try basketball, let him try it. He could be good at it, and if he loves it enough, he'll practice it. Let him make the choice on whether he likes it or not, because if he doesn't like it, chances are, he won't play it. If he chooses to play basketball, than support him. If he isn't good, then he'll realize it and this will lead him to either practice more or quit it for a sport he likes more. Maybe he knows that he isn't good at basketball but he wants to get better. If he chose basketball from the rest of those sports, he probably wants to get good at it. Remember, you don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.

Answer 8

by saying that basket ball is so yesterday and play a new sport