The Biochemical Basis of Sports Performance : In team sports there are few opportunities to set records and the standards by which participants are judged are relative rather than absolute. The aim is simply to beat the opposition. Even in these sports however meticulous records of team and individual performances are kept and the exceptional ability of outstanding individual players is recognized. Baseball players such as Joe Di Maggio cricketers such as Don Bradman and Pele from the world of soccer are remembered for the statistical they generated but much more for their individual brilliance.