Ultimate Frisbee

2000, Age 18

I was very involved in this game during college, loving it because it turned out to be the only athletic game based on the manipulation of some object that I was any good at. Regular play was a distinguishing factor for this game. A group of us played every day, we never kept score, and we learned each others' strengths and values so clearly that everyone was organized in such a way as to feel useful. Eventually, the regulars graduated, and the newcomers seemed more concerned with making powerhouse teams and keeping score and competing, and that was the end of that.