Youth Sports

Ironman92 Administrator

56,729 posts 168 reps Joined Nov 2009

Tue, Feb 27, 2018 8:12 PM

At what age did you begin each sport as a kid? How long did you play that sport. Wish you would’ve started any of them earlier?

Baseball ... 7 but almost 8

Basketball ... 3rd grade (age 8)

Football .... flag 3rd grade (just turned 8)

Golf .... went out with parents every Sunday starting at age 6

I played baseball and golf thru high school with opportunities for both in D3 college.

Basketball through freshman year

Football through 6th grade (same season as golf)

Fab4Runner Tits McGee

6,997 posts 64 reps Joined Nov 2009

Tue, Feb 27, 2018 8:51 PM

T-ball...I don't know. What age do you start t-ball? Five? I played for however many years you play, lol. Then I moved onto softball. I wasn't great, but I wasn't bad and I was really fast. I stopped after 8th grade, so I played one or the other for 9ish years.

Basketball - I only played in 7th and 8th grade.

Volleyball - Ditto. 7th and 8th only.

Track and field - 7th through 12th grade. I was good and I enjoyed it.

Cheerleading - 5th through 12th grade, plus a competition squad on the side. Spare me the cheerleading is not a sport rhetoric. I don't care.

Gymnastics - On and off from age 5 or so until high school.

I also took two dance classes per week from age 5 until 18 and was on the high school dance team.

I had basically no free time from 7th grade on, and I liked it that way. It was the main reason I never had a job until I graduated high school.

Spock Senior Member

5,271 posts 9 reps Joined Jul 2013

Tue, Feb 27, 2018 9:05 PM

Baseball at 6

Basketball at 11

Golf with grandpa at 14 and played college golf

Started running at age 16. Haven't stopped that

queencitybuckeye Senior Member

8,068 posts 121 reps Joined Nov 2009

Tue, Feb 27, 2018 9:21 PM

Baseball at 11, football 8th grade.

Played baseball through high school, football through college, neither with any particular distinction.

iclfan2 Reppin' the 330/216/843

9,465 posts 100 reps Joined Nov 2009

Tue, Feb 27, 2018 10:25 PM

Baseball 5/6 through sophomore of hs. I was good enough to start but that was about it.

Soccer 5/6 all through high school. Was decent and could have played D3 but decided it was too much effort.

Did track my senior year just to screw around. Was decent enough for our small school to be on the 100 and 200 relay team.

cat_lover Senior Member

3,629 posts 44 reps Joined Nov 2009

Tue, Feb 27, 2018 10:27 PM

Baseball- Started at 8 and played through high school.

Basketball- Started at 11(5th grade) and played through high school

Golf- Started at 10 with my dad and grandpa.

Bowling- Started at 10 with my dad and grandpa

I was a starter in baseball and an end of the bencher in basketball in high school. I still golf and bowl.

Zunardo Senior Member

815 posts 15 reps Joined Nov 2010

Wed, Feb 28, 2018 12:15 AM

Baseball - age 9. Our neighborhood didn't form a Little League until then. Played LL for 4 years. Yes, I wish I'd started earlier. I had a Golden Book from the age of 4 about boys playing sandlot ball, then organizing themselves and learning the skills with a coach's help. I always wished I were one of them.

Football - 7th grade, also 8th grade

Track - 8th grade and all of high school

Bowling - 5th grade. Bowled thru 11th grade, took two years off, then joined my father in the adult league. I bowled with him for 20 years until my first son turned 2, then I gave up the men's league. My wife and I bowled in a couples league after that once or twice.

kizer permanente Senior Member

1,309 posts 18 reps Joined Aug 2017

Wed, Feb 28, 2018 6:30 AM

Baseball at 7 through high school
Basketball at 7 through high school
Football at 13 through high school
Golf at 13 and still play. Never played competitively though.
I started all 4 years on varsity at baseball and football. I never started varsity for basketball but was on the team. Oddly enough basketball was my favorite sport to play and the one I was the least good at lol.

justincredible Honorable Admin

37,969 posts 250 reps Joined Nov 2009

Wed, Feb 28, 2018 8:20 AM

Baseball - age 5 through high school
Basketball - 4th-6th grades
Wrestling - 7th-12th grades
Football - 2nd & 3rd (flag), 4th-9th grades (tackle)

BR1986FB Senior Member

27,923 posts 126 reps Joined Feb 2010

Wed, Feb 28, 2018 8:36 AM

Baseball- probably about age 7 through my junior year of HS

Football- 7th & 8th grade, skipped 9th grade, then 10th-12th grade, also played some college

Basketball- 5th grade (only year I played, pretty much sucked)

Wrestling- 6th grade (only)

Track- senior year HS, freshman year college

Belly35 Elderly Intellectual

10,015 posts 56 reps Joined Nov 2009

Wed, Feb 28, 2018 8:46 AM

Baseball started Little League (4-5-6 Grade) Pony League 7-8 Grade stopped playing in the 8th grade

Football started playing in the Louisville Peewee League, Jr High, High School 1/8 Season Training Camp Semi Pro (didnt make the cut after the Pro where cut, came down to the Semi to play)

Basketball started in the 7th to freshman Jr High (played at the Boys club, Housing Project playground all summer and all day was basketball) loved basketball but I could not play Basketball and Wrestle at the same time once I got to high school. Football coach convinced me to Wrestle. I was very good but looking back I really wanted to play Basketball.

Wrestling started my sophomore year all my high school years.

Track started my 7th grade and high school.

Boxing started in the 5 grade as a Boys Club event, off and on but stopped around the age of 14 teen I did Box once in the Army. Basic training a team of Russia came and you could volunteer to Box three rounds. I did OK stayed in for all three rounds, got some good punches in but also took a few.

I had scholarships for football, track and wrestling but we where poor, single parent ,mom sick bottom line was could not afford to go and someone had to work for the family … plus was Drafted 2 months after high school graduation at some point all competive sport comes to a close

SnotBubbles Master of teh QQ

4,533 posts 49 reps Joined Apr 2011

Wed, Feb 28, 2018 9:19 AM

Football: 3rd grade maybe - didn't have flag, it was tackle

Soccer: 1st grade (played 2 years)

Baseball: Kindergarten

Basketball: 5th grade

Track: 7th grade

Wrestling: 3rd grade (played 1 year - hated it)

Golf: As a hobby in HS sometime (never played organized golf)

QuakerOats Senior Member

11,701 posts 66 reps Joined Nov 2009

Wed, Feb 28, 2018 11:23 AM

Basketball - 3rd grade through high school; we had some great varsity teams in one of the best leagues in Ohio.

Baseball / Football - mostly neighborhood/sandlot stuff, some organized.

Golf - since I was probably 10 years old; played some inter-club in H.S.; still greatly enjoy the game although have not played much lately.

OSH Kosh B'Gosh

4,424 posts 18 reps Joined Nov 2009

Wed, Feb 28, 2018 4:09 PM

Baseball - kindergarten through high school

Wrestling - kindergarten through 4th grade

Soccer - 1st/2nd grade through college, still play

Basketball - 4th grade through 8th grade

I only wish I wrestled more. I was terrible. But, I've always enjoyed the sport. Still watch it when I can. My best friend of 28 years was a stud wrestler. I'm glad I still play soccer, as I went 4+ years not really playing with work relocation and lack of opportunities. I wish I could have done more as a kid with soccer, but it wasn't as available as it is now.

justincredible Honorable Admin

37,969 posts 250 reps Joined Nov 2009

Thu, Mar 1, 2018 10:42 AM

Anyone coach youth sports? I did a two year stint as K-6 wrestling coach for the private school my wife was working at at the time. The kids were great overall, but at times it was like herding cats.

wkfan Senior Member

1,850 posts 13 reps Joined Nov 2009

Thu, Mar 1, 2018 10:52 AM

posted by justincredible
Anyone coach youth sports? I did a two year stint as K-6 wrestling coach for the private school my wife was working at at the time. The kids were great overall, but at times it was like herding cats.

Coached both kids in baseball (T-Ball, coach pitch, kid pitch and travel), soccer (U-6 through U-15, recreational and club) and basketball.

Made lots of memories that we still talk about....

cat_lover Senior Member

3,629 posts 44 reps Joined Nov 2009

Thu, Mar 1, 2018 11:12 AM

Coached Little League and Babe Ruth when my sons played. I was scorekeeper when they played American Legion ball.

Belly35 Elderly Intellectual

10,015 posts 56 reps Joined Nov 2009

Thu, Mar 1, 2018 11:46 AM

Coached Freshman Football D1 2 years, Assistant Varsity Football D-1 2 years

Coached Girls AAU Basketball team from the time my daughter was in the 7th grade through high school

Did a bit of football and girls basketball, girls tennis scouting for three colleges for 4 years.

Helped a few families on what to do, what is needed and how to prepare the student/athlete for recruiting. Also counseling to make “the fit” between student/athlete skills and college

thavoice Senior Member

15,437 posts 42 reps Joined Nov 2009

Thu, Mar 1, 2018 12:04 PM

posted by justincredible
Anyone coach youth sports? I did a two year stint as K-6 wrestling coach for the private school my wife was working at at the time. The kids were great overall, but at times it was like herding cats.

I coached HS aged baseball for 10 years.

Asked to coach youth a number of times but turn it down because of.......parents. way too often I see parents at youth games making asses of themselves and getting ejected. So so embarrassing 've seen more youth parents and coaches thrown out of games in 3 summers than I did in 10 yrs of coaching hs kids and playing.

Ironman92 Administrator

56,729 posts 168 reps Joined Nov 2009

Thu, Mar 1, 2018 12:42 PM

posted by justincredible
Anyone coach youth sports? I did a two year stint as K-6 wrestling coach for the private school my wife was working at at the time. The kids were great overall, but at times it was like herding cats.

Boys: tball-7th grade baseball, 2nd-6th basketball

Girls: 3rd-6th basketball 2 separate times, tball-8th grade 2 separate times

Jr High: boys and girls track 5 years, boys and girls cross country 14 years

High School: varsity softball assistant 9 years, varsity boys and girls track 5 years, varsity boys and girls cross country 14 years

Iliketurtles Senior Member

8,507 posts 37 reps Joined Aug 2010

Thu, Mar 1, 2018 1:12 PM

Baseball from when I was 5 till I was 12 (through 6th grade)

Cross Country - 7th grade through college.

Track and Field - 7th grade through junior year of college. Decided not to run my senior year and pretty much stopped running all together since then.

I wish I would have given wrestling a chance in high school and maybe not given up on playing baseball. Also just wish I could find the motivation to get back into running again. I'll start doing it for a week or two but really never continue to get back into any kind of consistency.

I think if I wouldn't have moved from Ohio I would have probably gotten into coaching CC/T&F.

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