I guess for us re: the whole sports issue, it came down to the fact that he wasn't going to be the sportiest kid even if we kept him with agemates. And the academic need was more important in our family. We talked with our kiddo before the skip and warned him that he'd probably be one of the slowest in gym, and he said "that's OK, I'm already the worst." It really hasn't been that bad, as he's been keeping up pretty well since the skip.
I would caution anyone against labeling their child as nonathletic at an early age. My own history suggests that can be flat wrong.
Fair enough. I guess I was thinking more along the lines of the fact that if you want to be really competitive in hockey, which is big around here (esp. in my DH's family), you need to at least get out on the ice before you hit age 8. We truly are not expecting him to be on any sort of competitive traveling team in any sport. But there are individual sports he enjoys, and those are not age-or grade-based. Around here, there are not as many opportunities for rec sports that are just for fun, unfortunately.
