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> Later in life, free from such delusions, rec sports are totally different. Nobody is out there trying to get a scholarship. Nobody dreams of becoming a millio
by bluefirebrand 3y ago
> Later in life, free from such delusions, rec sports are totally different. Nobody is out there trying to get a scholarship. Nobody dreams of becoming a millionaire. Nobody thinks that if they just manage to perform a little bit better, finally they will be popular and cool. Nobody thinks that they can finally satisfy their hyper-critical fathers if they just execute that play correctly.
My experience with rec leagues is that there are always a few people who are hyper competitive from their youth sports days but they were not good enough to keep going. But they still act the same way in rec league.
The amount of times I've been body checked by such people in no-checking hockey leagues is way too much
- JeremyNT 3y agoThis is definitely fair! Some people just compete all the harder because the stakes are so low. I tend to think of the hyper-competitiveness in athletics as a phase that people eventually grow out of, but that can happen later in life for some than others :)