During our follow up with the testing psychologist sports came up and the psychologist recommended we not put our son in team sports unless he asked to participate. I thought that was odd but he said most gifted kids don't like team sports. He suggested tennis (only because he was familiar with a local program)
Our kiddo's psychologist said the same thing based on his profile/personality. But even though it's probably true for lots of gifties, I think it's really a kid-by-kid and personality thing re: team sports. My husband and I both love team sports, although we leaned toward the more individual tasks on the teams (DH was a hockey goalie and I was a fast-pitch softball pitcher).
