I played team sports all through my childhood and teens (rugby, soccer and field hockey) and totally empathise with what you're saying. Especially at that age,

I played team sports all through my childhood and teens (rugby, soccer and field hockey) and totally empathise with what you're saying. Especially at that age, the social pressure of making a mistake is intense, and kids especially are brutal about letting you know you've 'let the team down' or whatever. One of the most vivid memories I have to this day from childhood is scoring an own goal for my school soccer team. Think I literally cried. Hard to imagine it mattering that much now, but I think as a child/teen your peers' opinions and judgement is everything. I did briefly get back into team sports playing soccer at University, and while better because I was older, I still just found the pressure of making mistakes with a team made of people I wasn't really close friends with kind of spoiled the enjoyment ultimately. In adulthood I started focusing on squash, and enjoy it so much more in no small part because it's an individual sport and it totally flips the mistakes situation around. Yes, mistakes are mega frustrating, but they happen and they're lessons to be learned from to improve - all embarrassment and social pressure of letting others down is gone.