Utilizing my dream signs.

So I've got a question for you guys:

After DJing on here for about a month I've come to notice a pattern as far as what seems to recur in my dreams the most:

-basketball/basketball players
-being unable to run/move fast when i need to
-being at an altered version of where i work in real life

Now that I'm aware of those dream signs: What can I do with them? Does simply being aware of them help me in any particular way? The other night I actually went to sleep, repeating to myself, "if i encounter basketball in my dreams i will perform a reality check" annnd sure enough my first recall was of playing a basketball game. But I didn't RC at all.

I talk alot of basketball IRL and I play it a bit too... Am I supposed to RC in real life whenever I see basketball/my work? If so: that'd be darn near all the time.

Just looking for advice and thank you already!

Technically yeah, you are supposed to do a RC every time.... since it is so common.... i really dont know, maybe just do one randomly and think (i am playing basketball so i will do a Reality Check and see if i am dreaming) also be AWARE of your surroundings, your goal is to build awareness because that is what makes you realize you are dreaming, sometimes you RC in a dream and nothing happens, and the dream continues.

I have only had one LD so i may be wrong, i do believe it is correct though :).

GOOD LUCK!