At 4 my kids started gymnastics and taewkondo. They still do both and my oldest is 10 now. She is going for her black belt this year and competing in nationals. In Gymnastics she trains 8 hours a week and competes a few times a year in fields of a few hundred she places about 50th. The girls who do better than 50th train 4 hours a day. We have a life
Both my other children compete in taekwondo and win plenty of shiney medals also.
My son at age 3/4 learnt to ride his bike without training wheels. That was a blessing. So much easier to teach a 4 year old than a 6 year old! Do that soon! he now rides motorbikes but isn't at all competitive so rides for fun.
We spent lots of time outside in our big natural bush backyard climbing rocks, trees, running and jumping on the trampoline. We also went to different parks regularly. They learnt to swing themselves on a swing at age 2 ( I don't like to push
) and being in the park helped them develop balance and climbing skills and just gave them large motor movement practice. We went once a week at least from ages 1-4 and then once a month after they started classes. We still go to the park and kick a footy around. My kids are much better with a football than I am!
I think the trick to raising kids who are physically superb is to not be too protective as a mother. Let them try and be there to mop up the blood.
my kids scared many people many times but I never felt they were out of their depth because I gradually gave them access to greater and greater challenges. W we're suspended from a gymnastic class at age 2 because one climbed to the roof on a rope....scared everyone except me
I was proud as punch!
If you want them to be good runners let them run. My kids win all their school races and they spent lots of time running and running for fun. If you want them to swim well let them be in the water a lot. If you want them to to be coordinated then martial arts, gymnastics and different park visits are a great idea.
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