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If you’ve ever played a recreational league sport as a kid, or if you’ve ever coached one as an adult, you can picture what participating in them is like.
You’re on an athletic field behind a school, late in the afternoon or early evening. The sun is starting to set — unlike the temperature and humidity, which seem only t…