Question

Are groups to which an individual wishes to belong, as when a young basketball player hopes to play someday in the nba or wnba

Answer 1

I believe the answer is Aspirational groups
Aspirational groups refer tot he group that we see as some sort of ideal group that we could use as a comparison to measure our own self-worth.
These group commonly filled with the people who are considered to be an 'expert' that excel at their own respective field.