My first few years playing professionally in Europe always started with some kind of team bonding activities, and I always thought it was pointless. We would have team dinners where cell phones were banned, training camps isolated in the mountains with terrible wifi, or team activities where we were forced to spend time together off the court. Coming from college at the University of Wisconsin, I didn’t see a point to any of this because we always had great team chemistry and already hung out together off the court, and my first team in Belgium was, to a lesser degree, more of the same. We had a mostly young team with a mix of veterans to show us the ropes. We got along off the court and played unselfishly on the court, which helped us win the mid season cup and end of year championship both seasons I was there.
"Team Chemistry" - By Jared Berggren
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