Reply #28: team sports [View All]

[justabob]

A story that may be relevant.....

I while back I worked waiting tables in a very busy restaurant. Like most places, a small group of the employees (about 10 of a staff of 70) seemed to do most of the work. One day an idea came to me and I started a very informal and unscientific survey, but it was interesting. I asked everyone I worked with if they played sports or similar activities. The ten people who pulled 90% of the work load in the restaurant played team sports growing up, almost to a man those who were the slackers played no sports or participated in any activities that required working with others. Granted this was just one establishment and a very small sample, but I thought it was kind of telling.

I think team sports and sports more generally are a good thing, but there are dangers as others have noted in this thread. As with most things, you get out of it what you put into it.