DS5 actually had a gross motor delay as a toddler requiring a year of physical therapy. I never thought he'd have enough coordination for playing sports well.
So far he has played both baseball and soccer on teams and has stood out as a star in both. I think it's mostly because he knows the rules and strategy. He also practices very hard. I think he was the only kid on his t-ball team last year that could really play catch with the coaches but he spent hours in the evening time practicing with his throwback net.
In soccer he scored most of his team's goals because he was able to find spaces where the other teams defenders were not standing rather than just kicking into the pile of kids.
I still don't think he will excel at sports but for now he's pretty good for a 5 year old.
DD4 (untested but suspected gifted as well) is really standing out as a star on her competitive cheerleader team for 3-6 years old. Although she is one of the youngest she has such focus and determination that is needed to learn cheer routines. She also has same determination as her brother and last winter at 3.5 years old she was determined to learn to do a real cartwheel. She practicing for hours each day over 2 week span and mastered the skill. It was an amazing progression to see her go from barely getting her legs over her head to a perfect straight leg cartwheel.
