Average experience — good sport, mediocre gym

I want to separate the sport from my specific experience. Basketball as a discipline is genuinely compelling — the euro step, the depth of floor spacing, team chemistry in a pickup game. All of that is real and valuable.

My gym, however, has been mediocre. Coaching quality varies session to session and ankle injury risk has been handled poorly. I've seen people get hurt because progression was rushed. If I were starting over I'd research gym culture more carefully before committing. The sport gets four stars; my current gym gets two. This review averages to three.