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618 sats \ 23 comments \ @grayruby 22 Jul 2023 meta

Great responses yesterday. Thanks guys.

Today's topic is sports for kids. The only sport my son does is taekwondo (maybe some wouldn't consider martial arts sports but I do). He is doing very well. He is a red belt (2 steps to black). My daughter does gymnastics and plays Tball. They are both doing really well and have made a lot of friends. My kids are homeschooled so extra curricular activities are an important part of their development. Seems like less and less kids are playing now and mostly spending time on gaming, youtube or social media. It's unfortunate, I remember playing all kinds of sports, games, even just running around the park all hours of the day and evening (had to be home before dark) when I was my son's age.

So shill me the sports your kids play and the benefits you have seen from it. If you don't have kids, still feel free to weigh in on the idea of what kids gain from sport.

Sats for all.

Cheers, GR

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51 sats \ 2 replies \ @BTC_Bellzer 22 Jul 2023

I got my black belt in TKD as a kid so good luck to your son, hopefully he sticks with it.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 22 Jul 2023

I hope he has better luck with instructor longevity than I did. When I was a kid my sensei moved before I could get through a black belt in karate. In college my sifu graduated before I could finish my black belt in wushu and then I graduated before I could get very far in tai-qi.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 23 Jul 2023

I think he will. He loves TKD.

41 sats \ 10 replies \ @siggy47 22 Jul 2023

My daughter did a mixed martial arts for years. She enjoyed it and it certainly helped with her confidence.

117 sats \ 8 replies \ @k00b 22 Jul 2023

When I trained BJJ I was more confident too. I’m not sure why exactly. I thought it might be that I was shedding latent aggression I could no longer turn (unconsciously) inward, but it might’ve also just been touching and being touched by people non sexually.

120 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 22 Jul 2023

I think there is a natural confidence both men and women get when they feel they can reasonably defend themselves should they need to. I did muay thai for awhile and I noticed I was more comfortable walking the streets at night and less uncomfortable with physically aggressive people. I think as a man that is important.

It's also very important for women too. I am definitely going to put my daughter in martial arts when she gets a bit older. My wife studied Krav Maga for years and told me a story of this hyper aggressive guy that was hitting on her and her friends at a bar many years ago, trying to touch them, getting in their faces and she grabbed his hand, put him in and wrist lock and said "I know martial arts, don't make me hurt you". Dude left them alone after that.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 22 Jul 2023

Now that she's graduated from college my daughter has considered getting back into some form of martial arts. I hope she does.

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 22 Jul 2023

I saw you just posted jb55's embedded database news on nostr. Can you explain what this means for us tech idiots?

41 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 22 Jul 2023

All nostr clients store notes locally so they don’t have to refetch them from relays.

Will is making his own way to store them and making it fast.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 22 Jul 2023

Thanks. Amazing daily progress being made.

41 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby OP 22 Jul 2023

Yes, excellent Siggy. Now that we have him, we will hold @k00b hostage in Stacker Sports-Meta takeover and negotiate a sub of our own in exchange for his release. Some one get a bitcoin magazine so we can cut out letters for our ransom note.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 22 Jul 2023

That was my diabolical plan all along.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 22 Jul 2023

Good thing one of us had a plan.

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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 22 Jul 2023

I noticed the same with my son.

50 sats \ 5 replies \ @carlosfandango 22 Jul 2023

My son loves baseball - twice a week for training and games. The rest of the time watching pros and getting tips haha. My daughter dances - 5 times a well plus competition. It has taught them the importance of participation in competition, sportsmanship, discipline and teamwork. Sport imitates life and teaches lessons young people need to learn sooner and safer rather than later.

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby OP 23 Jul 2023

Awesome, what position does he play?

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @carlosfandango 23 Jul 2023

Well, it’s minor league equivalent (littl-er league we call it). They run around like lunatics, all want to bat and think they want to play centre field it seems (although never actually that far into the outfield)!

There are some really encouraging coaches and parents with none of the unpleasantness that was so prevalent (and put me off) years ago.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby OP 23 Jul 2023

My dad coached my baseball teams for years growing up. When I stopped playing he missed coaching so went back to it for a couple seasons and I was assistant coach with him. It was a lot of fun. I am hoping to coach again when my daughter gets older. I can't do Tball though, it's too insane. I coach 3rd base and tell them to run home sometimes. That's about it. I need to coach players that actually know the rules of the game. Haha.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @carlosfandango 23 Jul 2023

I have seen some the tiny ones playing tee-ball… it’s looks fun but I couldn’t hit the ball like that if I’m honest

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 23 Jul 2023

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30 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 22 Jul 2023

We tried football with our daughter, she was the only girl in the whole league. Also, she's only 3 and really wasn't ready for organized team activities. She'd do ok for the warm up activity and playing catch before practice, but then my wife just had to chase her all over the sports complex for the rest of practice. I had stupidly volunteered to coach, so I couldn't really do much to help.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 23 Jul 2023

I can't imagine what 3 year olds playing football looks like. That must be chaos. Haha.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 23 Jul 2023

It was a 3 - 5 league and more of the kids were on the older side. The 5 year olds were pretty enthusiastic during the drills and they more or less understood what was going on. The younger kids were a mix of wandering off, like my daughter, or clinging to their parents and crying, or just being really confused about what was happening on the field.