Learning to work together to accomplish various achievements.
Adapting new skills by watching the performances of team mates and opponents.
Some of the disadvantages are:
The glory of success must be shared with other athletes.
Many team sports include more players than an athlete is able to see at one time, so injury is harder to avoid.
Individual Sports
Some of the advantages are:
The advantage of being able to take full credit for all accomplishments.
Having only one competitor reduces the potential for injury which comes with limited visual knowledge of the whereabouts of multiple players, as in team sports.
Some of the disadvantages are:
Having to accept the full blame for any failure.
There is no one to take up the slack when an athlete performs poorly.
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Some of the advantages are:
Developing camaraderie and team spirit.
Learning to work together to accomplish various achievements.
Adapting new skills by watching the performances of team mates and opponents.
Some of the disadvantages are:
The glory of success must be shared with other athletes.
Many team sports include more players than an athlete is able to see at one time, so injury is harder to avoid.
Individual Sports
Some of the advantages are:
The advantage of being able to take full credit for all accomplishments.
Having only one competitor reduces the potential for injury which comes with limited visual knowledge of the whereabouts of multiple players, as in team sports.
Some of the disadvantages are:
Having to accept the full blame for any failure.
There is no one to take up the slack when an athlete performs poorly.