KidStuff-It's official I'm a sports Mom

Go Lil!   Those games are the ones I like to watch!   Keeping their interest is always a challenge for me.  I never want to push anything, but hope that they like something/anything.  We've done the BB, ice skating, swimming... None of them really stuck.  Right now my kids, who are older than yours, are in karate and they seem to really like it.  It helps that I do it with them, though.  I always wonder if my participation will make it "not theirs" or if it will be a good thing in the long run. 

Goooooo Pistons! 
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Through out the years, my kids have played many sports. The thing I hated the most was the other parents. They all seemed to think their kid was the best on the team and would complain if they didn't get to play a certain position. 2 of my kids are in high school sports now and some of the comments that the parents make from the stands are disgusting. They really should stay home and let their kids have fun . Leave the coaching up to the coaches.
We have gone on a few competition trips with sports teams, and wow the competitions are fierce. I have learned to book our own room, never share that way you can keep your kid away from all the pettiness.

When my son was little, he played baseball and he was terrible, I mean really bad. Poor kid every time he was up at bat, I would say a little prayer in my head, please god let him hit it, I don't care if he gets out, just let him hit it. After a year or 2, he was pretty much put on the bench all the time. One day he asked his coach how could get any better if he never gets to play, his coach told him he would play him more, but never did. Finally after playing a  six hour double header and getting in the field only once and up at bat only once, the boy wanted to quit. I told him, he would have to tell the coach exactly why he was quitting. He did and all the coach said was "thats too bad, I'm sorry to hear that" I did talk to the head of the league and got no where. This was little league baseball, really a learning league, not a competitive high school league.
Thankfully my son got into playing lacrosse and running track so that experience didn't ruin all sports for him.
just wanted to add something I found funny. One of my daughters played baseball before she was old enough to play in the softball league. They needed a catcher and she volunteered, but the rules were, she had to wear a cup. The coach gave her a cup and she came out wearing it on the outside of her pants. She was proud as a peacock. There were tears in a lot of eyes, we were trying to hold back the laughter.

Yeah,....Ms Lily doesn't have a ton of "stick to it iveness" in her soul so I am wondering how she'll do.
 
We told her she is going to need to practice a lot, and hold her basketball a ton, dribble wherever she can, and get used to it so it becomes as natural as breathing. She seemed to think that was kinda cool...lol!
 
The coach said at 5/6 years old the girls are terrfied the first few games...like deer in the headlights lol! Should be fun to watch []

Linda, my son was just like yours...when he graduated from T-ball to having the ball thrown at him, he was terrified of it, and it got to be a real hassle to encoucorage him to just finish out the season.  I finally let him quit as he was doing noone any favors by being there, although I was concerned about how quitting would affect him.  He turned out to be great at soccer and swimming, so all was fine.  Even better on the saxophone, though...

When it really gets to be "fun" is when they're a little older and you have 2 or 3 all playing the same sport - and you get to spend an entire Saturday or Sunday running back and forth across town because one has a soccer game on a particular field at 10:00 a.m. and another one has a game at a different field a few miles away at 1:00 p.m.[]
 
Joyce

I am a great supporter of organized sports for kids. My boys have played baseball (summer) and basketball (winter) for the last 15 years. The life lessons learned through sports, have IMO, been the major contributer to their success in all aspects of life. They have learned how to set and achieve goals. They have learned that work and dedication produces positive results. They have learned to empathize. They have learned to be gracious and humble. They have learned to overcome adversity. Most of all they have learned RESPECT.
So many lessons we want to teach our children are difficult because they are often abstract. Sport gave our kids the exposure to so many situations and experiences. The lessons they learned young, they have been able to apply through out their lives. They are older now and pretty much persue their sports without Mom and Dad. I miss it a lot - but it was a great ride!

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When it really gets to be "fun" is when they're a little older and you have 2 or 3 all playing the same sport - and you get to spend an entire Saturday or Sunday running back and forth across town because one has a soccer game on a particular field at 10:00 a.m. and another one has a game at a different field a few miles away at 1:00 p.m.[]
 
Joyce

 
LOL you sound like my sister.  At one point both of her girls were in ringette and sis was coaching.  So when they went to tourneys, Steph played in the belle div, Megan played in Belle and Tween(she's a superstar and always got asked to play up but couldnt leave her own team) and Sis was coaching the novice div.  Plus for highschool volunteer hours Steph often ref'd bunny games.  Those were crazy busy times.

I find it very hard to have family meals when the kids are into sports. We have to eat dinner at 4:30 or wait until 9:00 which is way too late.Our spring season is crazy, 1 kid has track, (he drives now so it's not as bad unless he has a meet I don't want to miss) the 2 girls play softball and 1 is on the girls golf league. I had to limit each of them to 1 sport a season, it was too much for me and them, I couldn't get  to them all plus their after school activities. Golf league is great, I drop her off at the course on Friday afternoons, have my dinner there and wait for her to call. A few times, she ran into bad storms so I was nervous until she called, all I could picture was her in her golf cart with all her clubs getting hit by lightening on the 5th hole.
 
I love watching the games, it is actually my down time, I sit in a chair, drink some coffee and chat with the mothers. There is always 1 group of mothers I avoid and make sure I sit away from them. They make comments to the umpires and coaches and it's down right embarrassing.
I hope your daughter has fun and makes some nice friends.
 

Just make sure you don't get too into it when she gets older and really good.  I've played softball for 10 years, and man can those parents get mean!  I also work at the concession stands and I've had a dad chew me out because his team didn't have any water, which definantly was not my responsibility.  [8|]
Also, I highly recommend taking private lessons when she gets older if she can't do something that's really holding her back.  I used to have major batting problems and was to the point that I wanted to quit.  I ended up taking lessons and have been at the top of the batting order for a few years.  I'm so glad I got to take lessons, it's really made me feel like a part of the team again.