55+ Gifts for Athletic Kids, Sporty Kid Athletes, and Sports Lovers

Inside: You will love this list of best gifts for athletic kids, sporty kid athletes, and kids who love sports.

The running joke among many moms of school age kids and tweens and teens, is “Sorry I can’t. My kids have practice or a game and I’m their ride.”

More and more kids are trying out sports, trying new sports and joining club teams that have turned seasonal sports into year round sports.

For our family, we have soccer year round and have added in basketball and volleyball once we removed baseball and a very short stint in flag football.

If we have a free weekend it’s miraculous because we almost always have one game or two or three on a day and we feel lucky when they don’t overlap and we can cheer on all of our kids from the sidelines (or from the coach’s bench).

So if you have athletic kids or sporty kids, here are some of their favorite gifts we’ve given them over the years to help celebrate their love of sports.

Gifts for Athletic Kids and Kid Athletes

Indoor Hoover Soccer Ball– perfect for the winter months when you can’t play soccer outside

Lights for Your Basketball Hoop– Play after dark with these lights you can attach to your outdoor hoop.

Practice throwing footballs to this Inflatable Football player

Agility Ladder- improve your speed and agility in your backyard between practices and games

Graffiti Wilson Volleyball

Goal Net

Glow in the Dark Football

Glowing Baseball- Keep playing catch after the sun goes down

Sports Stickers- add them to your notebook, computer or water bottles

Sport Mugs- Come home after a chilly game and drink comfort drinks!

Caitlin Clark Goat Tshirt- perfect to wear to practice

Ceiling Swish- play “basketball” lying on your bed.

Light Up Basketball for Your Room- a perfect nightlight for your basketball lover.

Light Up Volleyball for your Room- a perfect nightlight for your setter or spiker.

O2 Cooling Mist Water Bottle- comes in soccer, basketball, baseball, lacrosse and football

Basketball Laundry Shoot- get your kids to pick up their laundry off the floor with this basketball laundry hoop

Football Neon Sign– hang it up in your bedroom as a nightlight or in your basement

Baseball Bracelets- perfect for players or their moms

Fluffy Basketball Pillow

Fluffy Soccer Ball Pillow

Eye Black- anti glare eye stick

Baseball Display– use this to hold game balls or signed balls you collect

Softball Earrings- perfect for players off the field or moms cheering in the stands

Soccer Earrings- for players once the game is over, or for the moms on the side of the pitch

Sneaker Balls– Deodorize your cleats with these in between practices.

Soccer Hoodie

Sports Bracelets– perfect as team gifts. They have baseball, softball, basketball, volleyball, and soccer bracelets!

Sports Drawstring Backpack- my son uses this for shoes, deodorant, and as a safe place to keep his phone during practices

Adidas Sports Bag– my daughter uses this for soccer, basketball and volleyball

Books for Athletic Kids and Sports Lovers to Encourage Reading

Ballpark Mysteries The Dugout #1-4: The Fenway Foul-Up, The Pinstripe Ghost, The L.A. Dodger, The Astro Outlaw- my son LOVED these books learning about the teams, the ballparks, and solving baseball-themed mysteries.

The Academy

World Cup Women

Salt in His Shoes Written by Michael Jordan

I Promise by Lebron James

The Girl Who Figured It Out by Minda Dentler

My First Book of Sportsmanship

High Fives and Team Vibes: Sportsmanship Lessons for Young Stars

Weird But True Sports Facts

Big Dreams

Sports Illustrated Graphic Novels

Who Was Kobe Bryant?

Lionel Messi

Epic Athletes: Alex Morgan

Football Goats

Mental Toughness for Teen Athletes

Game Changing Stories for the Young and Curious

Amazing Basketball Stories for Kids

The Undefeated Athlete: How to be a Champion in Any Sport

Female Sports Stories for Kids

400+ Fun and Unbelievable Hockey Facts for Kids

Sports Sticker Activity Book

Women Athletes Who Rule

Gifts for Families of Athletes and “Sports Moms”

Baseball Laundry Basket- perfect for dirty gear and white baseball pants with stains that need work. This way, you’ll always know where the jersey is!