I put competitiveness into three categories:
1. Winning is the most important thing.
2. I will try my best to beat you, but winning isn't the most important thing.
3. I don't even keep score.
My wife is #3. I put myself in #2.
Personal illustration: I used to play racquetball with a buddy. We were so evenly matched that we got a terrific workout while playing. I think that if I were a #1 type, then I would have gained more satisfaction by acing him on every serve even though we would not have had competitive games and great workouts.
Applied to archery: I would rather finish in the middle of a pack of a dozen barebow recurve archers than be the winner of just two of us.
So, how competitive are you?
1. Winning is the most important thing.
2. I will try my best to beat you, but winning isn't the most important thing.
3. I don't even keep score.
My wife is #3. I put myself in #2.
Personal illustration: I used to play racquetball with a buddy. We were so evenly matched that we got a terrific workout while playing. I think that if I were a #1 type, then I would have gained more satisfaction by acing him on every serve even though we would not have had competitive games and great workouts.
Applied to archery: I would rather finish in the middle of a pack of a dozen barebow recurve archers than be the winner of just two of us.
So, how competitive are you?