Sportsmanship : A Sport Fairly And Loses Gracefully

These aggressive attitudes and tendencies have been shown to have effects on one's judgement and the perception of their environment. An athlete with an over aggressive attitude who's judgement becomes clouded by aggression develops a disregard foe the opponent(s) that their aggression is being aimed at." I think the aggressiveness in sports - just making the play, charging past people or dominating somebody physically - really needs to be separated by athletes from appropriate off field behavior."(Tom Jackson, Univ. Arkansas psychology professor.)

"One who plays a sport fairly and loses gracefully" is how The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines sportsmanship. What is a sportsman? The definition seems to have undergone a big change over the years.

In our society sports are a very important social construction. As sports continue to grow, they are becoming more integrated into the major spheres of social life. Sports have become an entity, due to the fact that they not only create entertainment and jobs; sports have become a huge platform for various causes. Sports are extremely important to our society and have very powerful influences. Though experiences vary from person to person, most people have some sort of experience with sports. I personally have experienced sports more from the spectator and participant stance, and have been impacted from each perspective a great deal. Compared to sophomore safety, Jamal Adams my sports experience has been very different from impact and perspective.

Refs throw flags when a player hits another player In the helmet or when a block is below the knees. These penalties help to keep players playing the correct way and not throwing cheap hits. If a player gets one of these personal fouls, the team he plays on that the flag was against either loses 15 yards or gives the opponent and extra 15 free yards depending on who's on offense. Coaches get aggravated when a player commits one of these penalties so the guilty player usually gets taken out of the game for some time. Penalties make cheap shots and head to head contact less frequent because of the blow the team takes to their chance of scoring points or defending. No player wants to hurt their chance of winning.

In a culture where sportsmanship is lacking, it is critical that stakeholders in high school athletics work together to reestablish sportsmanship and ethics to the forefront of education-based athletics. In fact, “ The National Federation, the governing body for public high school sports, would like for the number one priority of high school athletics to be GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP” (as cited in Churdar, 2015, p. 2). Sportsmanship means respecting the opponent, the officials, and the game. There are many people and groups who influence the actions and beliefs of athletes either in a positive or negative manner, so it is important that these groups maintain a high view of sportsmanship and take proactive measures to ensure that good sportsmanship is a priority for high school sports.

The referee flipped his coin, signaling the start of what seemed to be a never ending soccer game. As the captains ran back from the center circle, the referee called over his shoulder, “Girls, we’re going to be playing big girl soccer today, so I won’t be calling any fouls.” Not surprisingly, this game turned out to be the most injurious game in my soccer career. When the final whistle blew, there was a total of two concussions, a dislocated hip, a blown out knee, and countless scrapes and bruises on all of us contenders. The parents, rooting for their respective teams, were the ones horrified most of all. While they could have yelled at the referee, acted in an impolite manner, and possibly had their team disqualified from the tournament, they decided to follow the civil process established by the league; this was writing letters of complaint and sending them to the tournament organizer. Through this process, the parents were able to express their displeasure with the referee without compromising the team’s ability to win.

My real life situation is based on drug scandal in sports. Daniel Spencer Tonks, a former England Under16 rugby union player, tested positive for the steroid stanozolol in February. The first British rugby player given a four year ban for taking steroids says doping in the sport is widespread."There is a lot of pressure on players to be bigger, faster and stronger as they are the players who get picked,” "I wouldn't say it was coaches saying you should take something, more the fact the players want to be the best at their sport.” he said.

Without respect and integrity sports would not be the same and they would not be a big part of the world because people would lose interest. In america sports has came a long way as in helping stop one of the biggest issues we as in America deal with today which is racism and sexual attitudes. Although some may argue that there is still downsides with sportsmanship, many things can counter argue that because a lot of people play sports and they know the rules, rules get stricter depending on the game you play. The way sports impacted our society is major because without sports people would not get along and they somehow wouldn’t see the world the same as like their teammates having the same vision as

I enjoyed your assessment on deviance and over conformity, but I have to disagree on the form of deviance. I think PED's are certainly a problem in sports, but I think it's definitely more under control because of the more severe penalties handed down in today's sports. If this was still the steroid era in baseball I think I would agree with you more. I think marijuana is becoming more of a concern than PED use in today's sports.

I agree with kidder that If we inhabit on the various differences that are among the interpretations of the one being in the state of good life, we are more easily and likely to miss and lose various similarities. With the absence of these similarities there is a chance of losing the confidence that gives us the ability to receive identification on common points towards interest that are more of agreements that are involved and cut across things such as politics, religion, gender, culture, age and even our history. With kidders perspective he noted that there was a rough consensus that didn’t exist on particular and certain issues. He then came to a conclusion that various societies that

Culture and norms, cohesiveness, and adaptability are what accounts for the “most efficient in U.S. pro sports” team (Ryan). Hendrick Motorsports' has dominated NASCAR for the last 30 years, “earning 11 titles in 30 Cup seasons” which puts the company statistically ahead of the Boston Celtics, New York Yankees, and other great teams. To build relationships, a driver and pit crew in NASCAR must develop rapport and a sense of community. Establishing a culture of being physically fit and mentally prepared for every race and pit stop are positive norms that lead to winning. The behavior of the driver and his adherence to the right norms has a tremendous ability to assist in winning races. It is the culmination of the whole team’s efforts, and

The sports ethic describes four types of Overconformity norms. These are reason why athletes wheather young, professional or whatever level they are at will push themselves to the extremes. The first one is dedication to the game. It is a norm that a player must prove their love for the game. They prove their dedication to the game by sacrificing things like family, friends, school work and other things which might be in a persons life.

Rachel S. Cox claims that in the sports world of today, unsportsmanlike behavior appears to be overtaking athletics as a whole. With professional sports turning into “the bread and circuses of a new Rome”, fan’s animosity directed toward referees has soared; states have now passed laws in fourteen states to protect these referees. Profitable contracts and commercial debuts net an immense amount of money for the dominant coaches and athletes. The Texas Ranger star, Alex Rodriquez, recently signed a 10-year contract that was worth 252 million dollars; moreover, during the Centennial Olympic Games, Nike’s ad campaign quoted, “You don’t win silver, you lose gold.” In addition, affluent families stress winning to increase ways for their children to become ‘elite’, magnifying the overall pressure to train at young ages. The athletic director at Union College and member of the U.S. Olympic Coaching Committee, Val

On one hand, young athletes are bombarded with poor examples from the realm of professional sports, and on the other hand, leadership’s expectations are applying undue pressure to win. As can be seen in studies by Schinke or Smith and Smoll, America seems to have lost its way when it comes to sports integrity. And the rise in ethical issues pertaining to student athletes affects both male and female athletes. Ironically, these noted scholars along with a plethora of others including Mango, James, Stoszkowski, Lance, and Ross agree that decaying values may be explained by the same theory that offers hope for ethical youth sport programs. Consequently, this paper offers staff training, communication, inspiration, and managing conduct as tools available from the tenets of social learning theory. Given these interventions, coaches have guidance for developing programs embracing integrity; however, keep in mind that sport psychology offers many tools not covered in this

tend to forget the reason for sports for children. They get caught up in the excitement