Contact / Discipline sport for a five year old?

[HannsG]

Hi guys,

My five year old already does football and swimming. However, I was thinking about having him do a contact sport so it can add discipline and lower the pent up energy he has.

I qualified as a blackbelt in Shotakan Karate when I was very young. It helped me a great deal.

Judo, Taekwondo, anything else to consider?

Thanks

Edited by HannsG on Monday 26th March 16:43

[designforlife]

Snowboarding.

Helps develop various physical skills, sociable, requires quite a bit of self discipline and focus, especially as he progresses...and it's fun and a good life skill to learn early, if you're the adventurous type.

Edited by designforlife on Monday 26th March 16:33

[alorotom]

Fencing can be good for this

Boxing too but depends how his mum feels about him ending up in a ring with likely councilistas

[Willy Nilly]

he's 5, let him have fun.

[Hoofy]

HannsG said:

I qualified as a blackbelt in Shotakan Karate when I was very young. It helped me a great deal.

Why not this then?

Also, try dodgeball.

[Challo]

alorotom said:

Fencing can be good for this

Boxing too but depends how his mum feels about him ending up in a ring with likely councilistas

My niece does fencing and loves it. Very technical, competitive and slightly different to the standard stuff

[silverthorn2151]

Rugby. It's a sport you have to play as a team. Not too physical at that age and the RFU development is first rate.

[anonymous-user]

If he is getting plenty of exercise try changing tack and teaching him how to get some down time with reading.

Will definitely be worth it long term.