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Individual v. Team Sports

Everyone always says that sports are a team game, after all, "there's no "I" in team." I personally like the individual aspect of sports. I love to watch one on one combat sports such as boxing, mixed martial arts fighting, full contact karate tournaments and wrestling. (The real wrestling, not the fake WWE stuff... although it is kind of cool.)

Individual sports are for those who like the spotlight. I can't imagine a better feeling than winning an Olympic gold medal and standing on the podium all by yourself. You can truly say that you did it and not someone else. Of course, there's the downside of losing by yourself. You can't blame anyone else and the fingers will be pointing at you. That can make you want to try harder next time.

You learn so much more through individual sports. When you lose as an individual, you quickly learn from your mistakes. I feel that in team sports, you don't learn nearly as much. It's not that there's anything wrong with team sports. If all you can do is throw a fastball or shoot a foul shot, then it's pretty obvious that you're going to have to play a team sport.

And there's nothing better than a road trip with your team up to a tournament. Of course, a 3 hour road trip back after losing three straight games is pretty bad.

All sports are fun in general, no question about it. But do you want to be remembered as the world champion in heavyweight boxing or do you want to be known as the benchwarmers from the world champs of basketball?

There is no "I" in team but there is in "show time".