Great sport or sport for yourself
The first question, to which parents must answer, is the question of professional sports and sport "for oneself." If you want your child to go in for sports for health and pleasure - this is one thing, and quite another, if you dream of it on the podium.
Here's a pretty ordinary story. Parents decide that their baby will become, for example, a figure skater. They carefully choose a sports school and coach. The child is well developed physically, data to this sport he has, as the coach says. Kid is engaged with pleasure, is making progress, already speaking at competitions. But ... At first, classes were three times a week, then four, and now six. On the lessons of the child must be transported, wait for their completion. There are prestigious competitions. Ice is given today at six in the morning, and tomorrow at eleven in the evening. Then a trip to another city. The child needs to be accompanied. Mom had to quit her job, because the grandmother already does not maintain such a rhythm. Suit, skates ... All the time you need something. When a seven-year-old child of mine was recommended to the school of the Olympic reserve, they could not stand it and decided that a big sport was not for them. A smart handsome boy with an already formed character developed during training, he will find his place in life.
So, when deciding the question of professional sports, parents should answer two questions:
- Does the child have objective data for professional sports?
- Are you able to go on moral and material sacrifices for the sake of sports success of your son or daughter?
If you decide that a big sport is not for you, and just want your baby to grow up healthy and well developed in all directions, then you can give it to any sports section that suits you for one reason or another. Do not change - change. The main thing is that the lessons bring pleasure to the child, and you. And here the main thing is not the result, but the process.
If you do not want the child to become an athlete, approach it very seriously.
For practicing some kind of sport it is necessary that the child has appropriate physical and intellectual abilities. By the latter it is meant that the kid should understand the commands of the coach and the rule, if this is, for example, a team game. Try a child of one and a half-two years to teach the rules of the game of football. It is unlikely you will succeed. In this age the child can not engage in team sports or competitive sports. In addition, coaches who work with kids, too, not very much.
When to start
Predisposition of the child to a particular sport is visible at the age of 5 to 7 years. You can, of course, give the baby to the section before, but experience suggests that often the choice of a sport at such an early age is erroneous. Therefore, in 3-4 years you can engage in those sports that positelvliyayut on comprehensive physical development, and do not focus on development of some kind of individual abilities. That's why it is not recommended to deal with "one-sided" or "one-armed" sports (badminton, tennis). Although today there are trainers and programs that solve this problem, but not so much.
Temperament and sport
When choosing a sports section it is very important to consider the temperament of the child. Temperament is given to man from nature and remains with him for life, undergoing only small changes, depending on external circumstances.
Sanguine
Your baby is very lively and emotional. He instantly reacts to all events that occur around him. We call this child a sanguine person, and he simply needs to go in for sports. He can become an excellent athlete. If you do not mind some physical features, he can engage in any kind of sport. But more will attract him, where he can clearly show his personal qualities. Sanguinists love to overcome obstacles and prove that they are "the most-most." Your child will most likely like athletics and karate. It can also be successful in those sports that involve risk and excitement, for example, mountain skiing. Team sports are also suitable for such children, because they easily find a common language with other people.
Choleric
Your mum has an unbalanced character. He laughs giggly, and a minute later he cries. The mood changes instantly, and with his emotional outbursts, it is difficult to manage. The child does everything quickly, passionately, impetuously. Your baby is a choleric. He is easily carried away by the new business, but he is wasting his forces and is quickly exhausted.
Such a child is usually the most active fan. Choleric people love team sports. In addition, they are not indifferent to quite aggressive sports - boxing, wrestling and others. Choleric needs a splash of energy, so he needs sports to discharge.
Phlegmatic person
Your child is slow, he has a calm, unflappable character. He does not like to express his feelings vigorously. You even call him "our philosopher". It's a phlegmatic. Such a child shows regular persistence and persistence in achieving the goal, while remaining calm. His slowness compensates by diligence (or perseverance).
Physical phlegmaticians are usually quite hardy. Therefore, they are suitable sports, in which endurance is in the first place. It is running for long distances, skiing, weightlifting. Most likely, he will like oriental martial arts.
One of the shortcomings of phlegmatic can be considered stubbornness, so you need to carefully monitor his playing sports so that he does not overstraight and as a result he did not refuse to go in for sports.
Melancholic
Your baby is very sensitive, impressionable, emotionally wounded, constantly experiencing. It's melancholic. It is difficult for him to engage in active sports. But if he showed interest in any sport, let him do it. Parents should monitor his mood and emotional state. The insult to the coach, the conflict with other children can lead him to a nervous breakdown. However, if he acts one-on-one with himself, he can succeed, for example, become a good guy.
Melancholic animals, so they can approach equestrian sport.
Kakisvestno, from any rule there is an exception. Carefully observe the child soberly consider his abilities.
Growth!