Yes - I wish I had a crystal ball. He is very short for his age, but then again some of the short members of our family ended up being 5'4" and some of them 6'4". It would help to know how tall he will or will not be so he would know which path to take - lol. My oldest was always in the 80%...
Baseball since he was 5. He is the youngest on a U14 team right now. New to football - gym teacher recruited him because of his football throwing and catching skills in gym class, along with his speed (fastest kid in grade). He has done gymnastics since he was a toddler.
Not sure Nationals is within his reach until after puberty and it is in the middle of baseball season (he is the best player in his grade for now). Some of the kids have bigger arms than my son's thighs right now. The kids who made it this year were either second year level 8 JE kids or third...
Football and he is a utility baseball player (except for first bc he is too short and small of a Target). Modified practices after school and then he would head to the gym after. We were thinking maybe of using the modified practices For strength and then running into the gym to run...
My optional Gymnast is finally old enough to play modified sports. He wants to do a fall sport and a spring sport. Any advice on how to handle both? It would be so much easier if they could somehow incorporate a ball into gymnastics!