How to help your child choose a sports activity?

September 23, 2022

When back to school, how to choose the sporting activity of your child? Is it better to opt for a team sport or an individual sport? Here are some tips to help your child choose his sport.

By observing some general principles, you will help your child to feel good in his activity.

Sport: do not impose anything on your child

First, let him choose his sport. This is essential, and you will keep your motivation like … your future relationships! Encourage him to mix disciplines. The alternation between collective and individual sports will allow him to face victories and defeats, alone or in a group. A good school of life … It is also important that thesports activity remain a game, and let your child enjoy it. Do not force him, for example, to participate in competitions if he does not want to.

At what age should you put your child in sport?

From kindergarten, that is to say around 2 years, you can introduce him to gymnastics. The French Gymnastics Federation (FFG) offers specific Baby Gym courses. Aimed at children aged 2 to 4, this sports activity contributes to their general development on the motor, emotional and intellectual levels. For a better adaptation to this very young audience, " she uses the peculiarities of gymnastic activities in a playful way “, Specifies the FFG.

From 6 to 12 years old, he can start learning an sport in particular: martial art, tennis, football, horse riding … Then, and up to 15 years, that is to say in full puberty, your child will need to spend more. The practice will become more intense.

The procedures: the medical certificate

Finally, do not forget that to register your child in a sports club and take a license from him, you must be in possession of a medical certificate. It must be dated less than a year if it is the first time that you register the child in an activity. If, on the other hand, it is a renewal of a registration, the certificate must be less than three years old; a health questionnaire must also be completed when the presentation of a certificate is not required (from 1st July 2017), see here.

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