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re: Any athletic parents with unathletic children?
Posted on 2/14/26 at 4:21 pm to TRUERockyTop
Posted on 2/14/26 at 4:21 pm to TRUERockyTop
I was a good athlete. Had baseball (jr college) & football (d2) scholarships until I got a knee & shoulder.
My 2 boys were decent but they are 2 of the most intelligent people I know. I noticed that at an early age & pulled them out of football in the 6th grade & told them to focus on school. Protect their brains.
I'm happy with where they are. They're 2 very fine young respectable men who work hard, make high marks, & are well received.
One will intern with WWE this summer & the other with the NFL. They may not play sports, they'll just own the teams.
My 2 boys were decent but they are 2 of the most intelligent people I know. I noticed that at an early age & pulled them out of football in the 6th grade & told them to focus on school. Protect their brains.
I'm happy with where they are. They're 2 very fine young respectable men who work hard, make high marks, & are well received.
One will intern with WWE this summer & the other with the NFL. They may not play sports, they'll just own the teams.
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Posted on 2/14/26 at 4:23 pm to TRUERockyTop
quote:have you done a paternity test yet?
He's the opposite of me and his grandfather
Posted on 2/14/26 at 4:27 pm to SuperSaint
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have you done a paternity test yet
He's my clone. There's no doubting he's mine
Posted on 2/14/26 at 4:40 pm to TRUERockyTop
Haven't read the whole thread yet, but my son was the same. Tried baseball, football and soccer and those didn't work out. He had a friend at school on the wrestling team so he tried that out and he turned out to be really fricking good at it. Went to the Georgia state finals the last two years in high-school. Sometimes it just takes a while to find a sport that "clicks" for him.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 5:18 pm to TRUERockyTop
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He's timid & plays scared regardless of what sport it is. And he's not a small kid. He's bigger than a lot of the kids he's playing against.
The biggest boys get in trouble first when another kid wants to cry for attention. That can lead to being more reserved and timid, not wanting to get in trouble for a booboo. That'll change in HS when he's around more guys closer to his size.
11 is too young to be this concerned with it. His body will change a lot over the next few years and his interests might too. Some of the best Littel Leaguers get awkward and unathletic when they grow.
I think it's important for kids to get teamwork experience - you can usually tell the difference in people as adults. But it's such a tiny fraction will go on to pros or even college that it's not worth worrying about anything other than what he's getting out of it.
This post was edited on 2/14/26 at 5:19 pm
Posted on 2/14/26 at 5:20 pm to In The Know
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The world needs nerds too baw
Just to make AI.
The pendulum is already swinging back to the jocks.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 5:24 pm to TRUERockyTop
Try shooting. I wasn't good at ball sports but gun sports were right up my alley.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 5:27 pm to TRUERockyTop
It’s pathetic how much importance is put on sports by some people. You don’t need sports to grow and become a man.
He’s his own person. Sounds like you’re trying to relive your youth. Let him have his.
He’s his own person. Sounds like you’re trying to relive your youth. Let him have his.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 5:30 pm to TRUERockyTop
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I'm struggling though and it's starting to hit me that he just doesn't have the same disposition as the older guys in his family.
So what?
Why would you expect him to be like other people in your family?
Newsflash: Sports are not any kind of end-all, be-all activity. Kids need to engage in some form of exercise to stay healthy, but beyond that it's just a pastime. Nothing wrong with it, but it's also nothing special.
Imagine being an avid stamp collector or bird watcher or ship-in-a-bottle builder and being upset like this that your kid didn't share your passion for it.
It would be ridiculous, and so is this.
I grew up like your son. My dad was like you. I was interested in music and art and he expected me to play sports year round and signed me up for every sport in season. I asked for guitar lessons and was told no, but baseball tryouts were coming up in 3 weeks. That sort of thing.
I was a parent-pleaser so I never refused, but ended up really resenting it. I never felt like my dad accepted me for who I really was, only who he tried to make me be. My only value to him was based on how I performed in football or basketball.
I promise you that you do not want to have the same relationship with your son, and right now you're headed for it. Your son is not your possession to live vicariously through or to show off to the neighbors. He's his own person, and I recommend you love him for whoever that is.
This post was edited on 2/14/26 at 5:34 pm
Posted on 2/14/26 at 5:33 pm to Sofaking2
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I absolutely couldn’t care less if my kids are athletic or not.
And why in the frick would you?
It's so stupid.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 5:38 pm to wackatimesthree
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So what? Why would you expect him to be like other people in your family? Newsflash: Sports are not any kind of end-all, be-all activity. Kids need to engage in some form of exercise to stay healthy, but beyond that it's just a pastime. Nothing wrong with it, but it's also nothing special. Imagine being an avid stamp collector or bird watcher or ship-in-a-bottle builder and being upset like this that your kid didn't share your passion for it. It would be ridiculous, and so is this. I grew up like your son. My dad was like you. I was interested in music and art and he expected me to play sports year round and signed me up for every sport in season. I asked for guitar lessons and was told no, but baseball tryouts were coming up in 3 weeks. That sort of thing. I was a parent-pleaser so I never refused, but ended up really resenting it. I never felt like my dad accepted me for who I really was, only who he tried to make me be. My only value to him was based on how I performed in football or basketball. I promise you that you do not want to have the same relationship with your son, and right now you're headed for it. Your son is not your possession to live vicariously through or to show off to the neighbors. He's his own person, and I recommend you love him for whoever that is.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 5:38 pm to TRUERockyTop
Wait until the son hits his mid teens before writing him off. I know guys who were shorter (though pretty athletic) all through elementary & high school. But yeah, the passion has to be there first, regardless. If it's not there, it's not there.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 5:41 pm to TRUERockyTop
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wouldn't change anything about their spirit and I'd obviously die for them 1000 life times in a row.
Yet here you are complaining about your son
Posted on 2/14/26 at 5:46 pm to Pikes Peak Tiger
As a father of 3, that I feel like I’ve treated the same such as coaching all 3’s teams early on, trying to participate with them all, etc. I can tell you they just branch differently.
There’s some families that are all very similar, no doubt. I can agree there’s times it’s not easy, but I think as a parent the best thing is to just embrace what they enjoy.
The reality is that for 99.9% of people being a good athlete doesn’t pay shite, so why do we even care?
There’s some families that are all very similar, no doubt. I can agree there’s times it’s not easy, but I think as a parent the best thing is to just embrace what they enjoy.
The reality is that for 99.9% of people being a good athlete doesn’t pay shite, so why do we even care?
Posted on 2/14/26 at 5:55 pm to TRUERockyTop
My oldest daughter is athletic. My middle son is about as athletic as a potato. My youngest is too young to notice yet.
My middle is very content not playing.
My middle is very content not playing.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 6:55 pm to TRUERockyTop
No one is reading that wall of text
Posted on 2/14/26 at 6:57 pm to TRUERockyTop
Our son, yes.
Our girls, no.
Have three wonderful adult children who have given us 10 grandchildren...guess what, some are athletic and some are not
Our girls, no.
Have three wonderful adult children who have given us 10 grandchildren...guess what, some are athletic and some are not
Posted on 2/14/26 at 7:00 pm to S
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S
quote:So are you Steve Nash, Stromile Swift or Shaq?
As someone who excelled in basketball…
Posted on 2/14/26 at 7:11 pm to TRUERockyTop
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our son is more of an academic
This will get him further in life than being athletic.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 7:13 pm to El Segundo Guy
So she is a soft balls handler?
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