"choose between playing" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used when presenting a choice between two activities or options. Here is an example: "I couldn't decide whether to stay home and study or go to the park with my friends. I had to choose between playing and being productive."
Why must Asian actors mainly choose between playing corner-shop owners or terrorists?
To the Editor: Parents do not have to choose between playing fields maintained with dangerous pesticides and synthetic turf fields filled with toxic scrap-tire crumbs.
A broad man with shaggy brown hair and a square jaw, Romanovsky as a student had had to choose between playing professional hockey and becoming a geophysicist.
Bears Coach Lovie Smith had to choose between playing his starters in what had become a meaningless game for Chicago or resting them for the playoffs.
Bill Huston Ossining To the Editor: Parents do not have to choose between playing fields maintained with dangerous pesticides and synthetic turf fields filled with toxic scrap-tire crumbs.
During free periods, the kids can choose between playing dominoes, mucking around in the compost bin, and kneeling beside the opening to sift through the jumble of relics that have fallen out of generations of jacket pockets and backpacks.
Children assigned to the control arm (sedentary activity) chose between playing calm board games, reading books, or drawing in the presence of the PE specialist.
We don't need to choose between play and academics or socialization and cognitive development; good curriculums provide both.
He will have to choose between perhaps playing in the N.F.L. next year and studying at Oxford.
I had to choose between a play that I really, really wanted to do, which would have paid me £65 a week, and this script for a film called Inseminoid.
Beacham, a mother of two infant children, agreed to appear in the film to support her family: "I had to choose between a play that I really, really wanted to do, which would have paid me £65 a week, and this script for a film called Inseminoid.
