Since senior project has began, I’ve been noticing what keeps people committed to everything, and especially to their sports or hobbies. While playing for the school baseball team, one of the most committed LREI teams I’ve ever been a part of, I began to wonder what makes this team so strong. I talked to kids about why they actually show up to practices for this sport and not for others, but no one seems to have a good reason besides that they just like baseball. I realized they are playing on a team full of their close friends and with a few new people who are all not too far from each other in skill. Everyone on the baseball team plays in games and is involved in practice the same amount, or close enough. I never thought about the fact that some kids don’t show up to basketball practices because they simply don’t play in games and get less time in practice as well. Now I don’t believe that we should be playing everyone completely equally because that is unfair to the kids who show up, and it is also not strategically intelligent to make the better players give up their practice time to the people who are generally not as talented. I think the reason people on the baseball team come is because they aren’t too focused on how much they’re going to play, they just want a chance to do something fun with their friends, the basketball team playing time is competitive and leaves people out, baseball is different. We need to find a way to combine the two methods that these teams have put forth to make an enjoyable experience for everyone.