Is the Backyard Badminton and Volleyball Combo Set worth buying?

Sounds like a deal, plays like a disappointment — save your money and pick one sport to do properly. There it is — ten gifts road-tested in my own backyard, with varying degrees of parental dignity intact. If I had to pick one piece of advice from all of this, it’s to buy one really good thing rather than three mediocre ones. Active kids don’t need a pile of toys; they need that one thing they can obsess over and actually get better at. Maisie still has opinions about everything on this list, and she asked me to mention that the stomp rocket is ‘obviously the best one, Dad.’ I’ve noted her feedback. If you’ve found a sports gift that your perpetually moving kid absolutely loves — or one that was a total bust — I’d genuinely love to hear about it in the comments. We’re all just trying to find the thing that gets them outside and wears them out before bedtime, and the more we share what actually works, the better off we all are.

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