@JayhawkRock78 Looks like I'm on about the same time-line as you with the kids. I'm 36 with a five year old boy and one (as he says a brother or a sister) on the way.
What sports did you play in HS? Any in college? I didn't have a great opportunity to play bball in HS. I switched from the local HS (placed 4th, 1st, 4th, and didn't make state) to a christian school with 8 highschool students total. We did have an area team. We were absolutely terrible and only won one game my Jr. year. I wish I could say I was an athlete, but I'm not, I gave effort but didn't understand the game.
I went from thoroughly warming the bench at the public school to playing every minute at the christian school. One tournament we went to had 2 regulation games back-to-back with a 2 hour wait until a third game. Most of the teams were from the Denver area and they made us look sad.
In the middle of the final game I stole the ball and made it to half court before both my legs cramped to the point of dropping me to the floor. I kicked the ball to one of our better players to watch him miss an unguarded layup. aargh.
Hopefully I can give my kid a little help in the sports department and get him involved sooner. My folks didn't watch sports at all until I got them hooked on KU b-ball after I came home from college. I think as long as he's around the game and is given a base understanding he'll struggle less than I did. Assuming he wants to play, I would never force him.
