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> happy to take on a novice that is excited to learn. Agree. With zero background in wind-sports I joined a crew. The yacht owner mostly just wanted someone th

> happy to take on a novice that is excited to learn. Agree. With zero background in wind-sports I joined a crew. The yacht owner mostly just wanted someone that would turn up reliably - we had one guy who was terrible on the boat but he was reliably there. Good mixture of backgrounds of the crew. I really enjoyed being part of a team sport. The main cost was committing to one day a week. I got cheap gear (jacket, gloves) and currently I use a summer wetsuit to stay warm and dry (cold water in our Banks Peninsula harbours). > climbing, skiing, mountain biking, surfing, windsurfing Suggested by previous comment. But they are not team sports. I am a developer and those sports are good and social but they are focused on your own personal skills.

_huayra_ 3y ago
> But they are not team sports. The tricky part for team sports is coordination with other folks. I can bike out my backyard and hit a 90 min XC loop to clear my head without needing to agree with anyone else on time. I also only have to coordinate with one other person for climbing (or often 0, if there's already a critical mass of folks I know who are there as often as I am). I do agree that the specific dynamics of team sports are desirable (e.g. figuring out how to socially get along in pursuit of a common goal vs. a bunch of individuals going about their own pursuit...together), and often the social force towards not letting one's team down by ghosting or not practicing can be a motivating factor for a lot of folks on this site who might need that to ensure they keep showing up each week.