The balance wins.
The best teams in football, rugby, netball, and basketball show this balance. Elite athletes display what they can do individually while learning to relate as a whole. The team that holds that balance wins — in any sport and in life. That is why relational awareness is a life skill.
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Hello, I am Jon Thorne, and in the 1990s, while working as a business analyst, I explored how we could collaborate online by separating functional connectivity from face-to-face interaction. Later, I focused on training the relational aspects of face-to-face interaction for people who could connect only functionally. To bring greater attention to relational awareness, I wrote a book and created LifeSkills21.club.
My book is free and can be read online.
Many believe that individual functions must be mastered before considering how they relate as a whole. As my book shows, putting function first dulls relational awareness — to the point that the whole will keep fragmenting. Functional training and relational-awareness training are distinct and can both go wrong at the same time, so they should be trained separately and in parallel.
Basketball. All-ability adults. Mixed. (8)
Sun 08 Nov
|Watford
We play basketball to think about how we relate to our surroundings—not simply sprint up and down, executing conventional functions without awareness of what is happening around us. It works for all abilities, is mixed, and is for ages 16+ to 70+
Time & Location
08 Nov 2026, 18:45 – 19:45
Watford, Bushey Grove Leisure Centre, Aldenham Rd, Watford, Bushey WD23 2TD, UK
About the event
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The app - It is easier to book on using our app which you can get by going to your phone's app store, search for wix.com app called Spaces. Download. And then enter this code QTKFDS
Don't let a lack of money stop you from coming. We have free tickets. Contact jon.thorne@LifeSkills21.club you don't need to explain - He will give you the code.
Tickets
Let's play
We believe that financial constraints should not prevent anyone from playing. However, if you are able to, please pay the full price, as this helps us remain open and provides free or discounted tickets for many players. Our goal is not to make a profit; rather, we need to cover the costs of the courts so we can stay open.
£7.50
+£0.19 ticket service fee
Pay what you can
We believe that financial constraints should not prevent anyone from playing. However, if you are able to, please pay the full price, as this helps us remain open and provides free or discounted tickets for many players. Our goal is not to make a profit; rather, we need to cover the costs of the courts so we can stay open.
£+Ticket service fee
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£0.00
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