Haha, this is part of why I play FPSs so much. I started in the upper 1/4th(ish) of players in Overwatch day one just due to having played so many similar games before. And there were a lot of terrible players. I got to experience the game broadly without having to drill or train, and I could form groups from existing social circles easily.
As I get older, I tend to focus on games where I already have a strong foundation and tend to avoid games where I am starting from nothing.
Same with sports. I may yet look into paraskiing as an extension of skiing. But I would never really look into surfing at all (unless I lived somewhere like Bondi).