“is it worth your tefilla?”
You seem to be assuming that using tefilla for sports is a waste of your tefilla usage.
See the Maharsha in Kiddushin 29b who clearly assumes that if you are granted something via tefilla it doesn’t use anything up:
?”? ????? ??? ???? ???? ????? ???? ?? ???? ???? ????? ???? ??? ?? ????? ???? ???? ????? ?? ???????? ????? ????? ??”? ????? ??? ???? ?? ??????? ?????? ????? ?? ???? ????? ?????? ?? ????? ???? ?? ???? ?? ??? ???? ???? ???? ???? ????? ???? ????? ?? ???????? ????? ??? ?? ??? ????? ????? ?????? ???? ???? ?????? ??”? ???? ?? ?? ?????? ???? ??’ ???? ????? ????? ??? ??? ???? ?????? ??? ????? ?????? ???? ???? ??? ?? ?????? ?? ??????? ???”?