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How does the game begin?

By Bamboo In The Wind
Of course, the game does not start until you kick the ball. You clearly have to take the lead. You can do it all by yourself. But you know you cannot go long enough on your own. You will tire and stop playing.

The trick is to move to play out in the open. You still go first; come running at an angle and kick the ball! A bit of tactful juggling is bound to get you a fellow player! The fellow player learns to juggle and swing a kick just as you do! You start sharing more tricks with him as an equal, and he does not mind doing as he is told. After all, he is just trying to have a good time!

A couple more bystanders join the game. And a few more follow them. They are focused on replicating what your fellow player is busy doing! The ball is now a lot more mobile. It moves across the ground. The field is getting a bit noisy and energetic.

Now more bystanders barge into the field to have a go at the ball!

The team begins to go beyond learning the tricks, and a match begins. There are teams formed, and responsibilities are charted. The ball starts rolling from player to player. Opponents are marked. Before anyone recognizes the ball is being time-shared, depending on the skill to hold the ball! Competition to show the skill goes on the rise. The talent of the player matches is visible.

The starter keeps doing his original bit. The fellow player is now adept at what gets the others to join him. And the rest are happy copying what he does. 

What started as a lone activity turned into a game. It started because you dared to play in the open! The turning point was when you had the first fellow player catching on to your tricks!

The key learning is that the first fellow player made your desire to play come true. He made you look like a player. He joined hands when it was boring! Because of his willingness to flow with you, others tagged along!

The game begins when you have the first fellow player! He makes you the game starter! He makes others believe in the game!

And - it catches on from there.


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