Na2 + 2Cl –> Na2Cl2 = Team Chemistry!

Team Chemistry. Just like real chemistry, every team needs their pieces to work together in order to succeed. When I say succeed, I don’t mean just winning, I mean more of being able to function together as an actual team. I believe team chemistry is not just the skills and teamwork displayed ON the court, many other things contribute to it as well. Some may feel they don’t have the best athletic skills, but contribute to the team by cheering them on, giving helpful game advice, boosting their team’s morale, or even making that one crucial defensive play. Just like school chemistry, all these elements come together to form that final compound that you’re trying to produce (Is that how it works? Chemistry wasn’t my best subject :P).

 

Now enough of boring school stuff. I’m going to use a professional sports team as an example, the Golden State Warriors. Some of you may know that I’m a huge Warriors fan (I liked them before they won the championship, so I’m not a bandwagoner!), but the reason is not just because they’re good. If you watch their games, they just seem to genuinely have fun with each other and enjoy each other’s company. I’m going to get into a bit of stats here, the Warriors have the highest assists per game in the whole league right now (assists are when you pass to a person, and that person scores within 2-3 seconds). That clearly shows the team chemistry they have sharing the ball with everyone and how unselfish they are!

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Here is a picture from the game a couple of days ago, where I love how you can see the excitement on their faces for their teammate Klay Thompson (one in white on the very left) as he took the impossible 3 point shot from the side. By the way, Klay had 40 points the first half that game! That’s something I love seeing on teams in Pentasport, where teammates are cheering each other on and happy for each other’s success.

 

Lastly, team chemistry is something that can be developed off the court as well. I’m not sure if they still do this, but during their championship season 2 years ago, whenever they had games away from home, they would almost always eat together. Yup something as simple as that can help develop your team chemistry! When away from home, most professional teams have their players doing their own thing, exploring the city off on their own or in their little groups, but here you have the Warriors, a PROFESSIONAL basketball team, having “team bonding” time at lunch and dinner. I really believe this was a huge help to their chemistry on the court as they developed closer relationships, learned more about each other, and just enjoyed each other’s company whether on or off the court. Someone on their team said, “Chemistry is not something you can fake. You either have it or you don’t.”, and that’s so true. With that being said, I do see team chemistry on every team in Pentasport and I highly encourage Pentasport teams to have some off-court bonding time as well to improve your team chemistry even more! Just have a nice dinner together, “team bond”, and transfer that into your sports games =)

With the mention of team bonding, Pentasport would not be possible without each and every single team that’s in the league, so that means you, me, everyone! This means we’re all part of the PENTASPORT TEAM! So here’s another advertisement of our social that’s happening on Tuesday, December 13th, 6-8:30pm @ Lord’s Love Church. It’s still not too late to inform one of the Committee members if you want to attend! This is an awesome opportunity for all of us to “team bond” together as members of the big Pentasport Team!

I will end this post with an unbelievable shot from Stephen Curry of the Warriors that I will never get tired of. Enjoy!

Play Hard. Laugh Harder. Shine Brighter.

About the Author

Jackie is a Pentasport veteran, playing in the first 3 seasons on team Bingo Bongos. He loves all sorts of games, video games, ice-breaker games, boardgames, but most of all, sports games. His favourite sport is basketball and loves both playing and watching it. Jackie feels very blessed to be part of such a great Christian league and hopes he can play in it until he’s 50 years old.