Sports and Teams Options

[Mikeplyts]

Oh, boy, another athletic-sports-type topic. Anyway, if you play sports (and I know many of you do), do you prefer to be on a team or just... "pick-up"? You know? Like, is it more about being recognized for any skills you and/or your friends have (yeah, kind off coming off of Steven's topic) or for just playing the sport itself?

Personally, I don't really know. I mean, sure, it'd be kind of cool to be recognized and noted for my skills in skateboarding, perse. But, to be honest, out of many other better skaters, I don't necessarily have a guaranteed chance at getting sponsored. Although it may be cool to get sponsored, I would still love to skateboard, regardless (mainly because if I got sponsored, I'd still remember what got me there in the first place). So, yeah, I guess I'm more about the game as opposed to the fame.

[brooklyneast05]

You know? Like, is it more about being recognized for any skills you and/or your friends have (yeah, kind off coming off of Steven's topic) or for just playing the sport itself?

i like pick up more, but neither one of these reasons excludes the other so it's about both to me. now i play more for the sake of just playing, becuase i don't go regularly, so recognition doesn't develop. i used to play for recognition though.

if you play pick up games regularly though, you gain recognition for your skills from peers who play regular. maybe this depends where you are, i don't know. but if you are playing a sport like basketball in a city at a public place, there are regulars and levels of hierarchy. if you do it enough you get to know them and they know you, you develop a reputation and what not. streetball is organized without being organized.

maybe this is just because i'm a basketball guy though. basketball is easily accessible. pick up games are easy to come by and basketball lends itself well to a non organized environment, since there isn't much equipment or space needed, and the game still works whether you have 2 people or 10. if i liked another sport then maybe i would like organized better...probably so.