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How much training would be necessary before one stops being a complete liability to the team (or losing constantly in an individual sport)? In my experience, this depends almost entirely on the individual and their affinity for the sport. I've seen "untrained" adults come into sports clubs and rapidly (1-2 years, sometimes less than that) progress past other people who have been playing the same sport for years. I've also seen adults come in and "bump along at the bottom". Should people who didn't do sports in school stick to running and weight lifting? You should do what makes you happy , it's not all about being competitive. Some of those people above who "bumped along at the bottom" have...
Full answer by Philip Kendall: https://sports.stackexchange.com/a/29372 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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