Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Sports General Discussion
Reply to "Do you consider swimming on a swim team a team sport?"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous]If you're doing it as part of a team, yes, it's a team sport. There is the practicing together where teammates help each other out to improve, and the fact that your time doesn't just count for you, it counts for your team. If you slack off and have a crappy race, that doesn't just hurt you, it hurts everyone else out there who gave it a full effort and did their best. In fact, I think swimming arguably teaches some critical teamwork skills that other types of team sports don't do as well. It's easier to stay focused and trying your hardest when you're, say, out on a soccer field and can see in the moment that you're letting your teammate down if you don't hustle down the field so he has someone to pass to. Something like swim forces you to really internalize that your contributions to the team aren't just about your direct interactions with your team, but are also everything you do individually that ends up affecting the team's outcome, directly or indirectly.[/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
