Sometimes it's fun to have scores, though, and some people aren't happy without competing. In activities with competition, scoring, championships, records to be set: goals. You can aspire to competing on a national Underwater Hockey team, to spearing and landing a record tuna or marlin, to setting a Free Dive record for depth and duration, to leading the field in a Fin Swimming meet, to taking home the ribbons in an Underwater Photography contest.
But each of these activities also offers more personal rewards at other levels of play: a fun league night at the pool, some tasty steaks, improving your bottom time and agility, building the strength and flexibility of the dolphin kick, having your own framed art and memories. Any of these activities has the potential for making your a better diver, more confident and aware of your place in the underwater world: strong, smart, fast, deep, graceful, aware