Respect and Sportsmanship

Every day you go through obstacles that pull up stakes push you to channelize unfairness, disrespect for others and a sore loser type attitude. For sportsmanship that is just the opposite of its meaning. If you be aware you envision sportsmanship every day, whether it is playing a friendly juicy of basketball in your backyard or being a part of a school spelling bee. For over a decade mountain around the world learn and show sportsmanship. In the dictionary sportsmanship means one who plays fairly and wins or loses gracefully.To me sportsmanship means a little more than just being nice after a game to the opposing team. It is the ability to keep composed when a situation arises. To be able to except a loss and not act out to make your team look bad. Sportsmanship helps maintain a skillful image in the competitive world today. Its a value you have to have to show respect to your team and other teams. Its your responsibility as a competitive person to show sportsmen like behavi or. Outside the sports world you show sportsmanship everywhere.Recently I went around asking a couple students what sportsmanship meant to them. severally one said something different, yet they all generally said to show respect whether you win or lose. A great thought was sportsmanship applies to all disciplines. This one individual stated musically speaking it meant if you are better than your cohorts. You should still open your ears to advice. To encourage people not to bring others down if they do something wrong. Sportsmanship is a kind of style and attitude and it has positive influences on everyone around you. If you win through bad sportsmanship, thats no satisfying victory. Babe Didrikson Zaharias quotes. This is a great quote that really clarifies what sportsmanship is. Yes, winning is awesome but it isnt awesome when you disrespect people and show childish behavior. That truly is not a real victory. You should win with passion, competiveness and drive. If you show spo rtsmanship by being unfair and not respectful, then you are not present sportsmanship at all.