According to the symbolic interactionist george herbert mead, why is playing organized games an important part of an older childs development of the self?

According to the symbolic interactionist george herbert mead, playing organized games is  an important part of an older childs development  because: Game playing involves taking on multiple roles and learning to anticipate and coordinate with other players' actions.

George herbert argue that in organized games (such as football, basketball, soccer, paintball, etc) will forced the player to socially engage with one another to find out each of their strength and weakness and developed a plan together in order to achieve victory. All of these are really important in child's development