At What Age Should a Child Start Playing Sports?
Sep 18, 2018
| Published by Robert Waynee
The age at which a child should start playing sports is not set in stone. That being said, according to KidsHealth, a child is emotionally and physically ready for organized team play by the age of 6 or 7.
The Younger Not the Better
Your kiddo may love kicking a ball around the yard and riding bikes in the driveway, but that doesn’t mean he is ready for sports. As KidsHealth points out, although organized sports for kids as young as preschool age are available, a first grader is much more primed to play well with others. Indeed, by the age of 6 or 7, a child grasps concepts like passing the ball to a teammate, listening to the coach, and paying closer attention to the game than to waving to mom and dad.