True Sportmanship: The Interpersonal Aspects Of True Sportsmanship

True Sportsmanship Sportsmanship is an aspiration or ethos that a sport or activity will be enjoyed for its own sake with proper fairness, ethics, respect, and a sense of fellowship with the competitors. A "sore loser" refers to one who does not take getting defeated well, who gets their emotions to the better of them. Where as a "good sportsmanship" means being a "respected winner" or being a "respected loser" which causes a less likely chance of fighting with other teammates or opponents. In general, sportsmanship refers to showing a high moral standards such as fairness, self-control, courage, and has been associated with interpersonal concepts of treating others and being treated fairly. Also maintaining self-control when dealing with other authority and opponents is an example of having good sportsmanship and not a sore loser. Sportsmanship is also looked at as how one reacts to a sport, a video game or other opponents. Today 's sporting culture, in particular professional sport places great importance on the idea of

The handshaking was banned because of fights that were occurring after the handshake. Most players are influenced by the leaders around them such as coaches and older players, if there are coaches and administrators who don 't understand sportsmanship, then the players would have never learn good sportsmanship. There are various ways that sportsmanship is practiced in different sports. Being a good sport often includes treating others as you would also like to be treated, cheer for good plays, accept responsibility for your mistakes, and keep your perspective. An example of treating others how you would like to be treated would include being respectful and polite to other team members and the opposition because in return you would also like to be treated the same way. Most importantly it is often encouraged and said regarding sportsmanship that "It 's not whether you win or lose, its how you play the