Comments on: Swimming (and soccer) and climbing and cycling, oh my! http://www.thehealthymom.com/2009/04/08/swimming-and-soccer-and-climbing-and-cycling-oh-my/ Healthy Body, Mind & Spirit Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:25:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Maida http://www.thehealthymom.com/2009/04/08/swimming-and-soccer-and-climbing-and-cycling-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-54436 Maida Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:26:22 +0000 http://www.thehealthymom.com/2009/04/08/swimming-and-soccer-and-climbing-and-cycling-oh-my/#comment-54436 Yep, that's his team. And those are the experienced boys. It's nice to hear they improved. Did they also enjoy themselves? I guess Zander was motivated to improve his skills on his own. I just wish it was for love of the game, instead of embarrassment coupled with competitiveness. Well, there's the lesson, parents: get your kids in organized sports early on. Don't wait until he/she is 6. Am I helicoptering? Yep, that’s his team. And those are the experienced boys.

It’s nice to hear they improved. Did they also enjoy themselves? I guess Zander was motivated to improve his skills on his own. I just wish it was for love of the game, instead of embarrassment coupled with competitiveness.

Well, there’s the lesson, parents: get your kids in organized sports early on. Don’t wait until he/she is 6.

Am I helicoptering?

]]> By: Mike Ruch http://www.thehealthymom.com/2009/04/08/swimming-and-soccer-and-climbing-and-cycling-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-54435 Mike Ruch Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:36:10 +0000 http://www.thehealthymom.com/2009/04/08/swimming-and-soccer-and-climbing-and-cycling-oh-my/#comment-54435 Is Zander playing soccer with Miles, Emmit, Francisco etc? If so that was a pretty common deal with his practices. I never quite understood it. But by the end of the season pretty much everyone on the team had improved. So there is a method there. Is Zander playing soccer with Miles, Emmit, Francisco etc? If so that was a pretty common deal with his practices. I never quite understood it. But by the end of the season pretty much everyone on the team had improved. So there is a method there.

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