choosing up
Dividing into sides
Choosing up is the process of selecting players for teams, typically in informal sports or games.
Two captains alternate picking from available players: We spent ten minutes choosing up before the basketball game.
The phrase captures childhood playground rituals where being chosen last carried social sting.
- team captainDesignated group leader
- captainsLeaders of ships or teams
- lineupOrdered list of participants
- pickingAct of selecting
- first pickInitial draft choice
inclusion · prioritizing · alternating · camaraderie · draft · fairness · rivalry · roster · competition · ranking · bench · wait · pick me · teamwork · taking turns · negotiation · sweat · grouping
selection method
choosing uprandom assignment
Allocation determined by chance
drawing lots · counting off · drawing straws · random selection · lottery
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