What does it mean to you to be a good sport? Unfortunately, many coaches equate being a good sport with being soft or weak.
PCA (Positive Coaching Alliance) believes the time has come to unite behind a powerful new term, "Honoring the Game." Coaches, parents, and athletes need to realize that an "Honoring the Game" perspective needs to replace the common win-at-all-cost perspective. If a coach and his or her team have to dishonor the game to win it, what is this victory really worth, and what sort of message is this sending young athletes?
At PCA we say that Honoring the Game goes to the "ROOTS" of positive play. Each letter in ROOTS stands for an important part of the game that we must respect. The R stands for Rules. The first O is for Opponents. The next O is for Officials. T is for Teammates, and the S is for Self.
http://www.goodcharacter.com/SPORTS/honoring.html
It has been brought to my attention (by my dh) that I am not a good sport. I do fine with physical sports, but games are a different story. I have a lot of past history to contend with before I solve my poor sportsmanship problem. But first I had to find out what it is to be a good sport.
I imagine I am not the only one with this problem. In fact, according to the news, I am one among many. My dh says I am not fun to play games with because I am a poor sport. I know that I do not enjoy playing games because I am a poor sport. I want to teach my daughters to be good sports and to enjoy games (and sports), but I can't do that being such a poor sport myself.
PCA (Positive Coaching Alliance) believes the time has come to unite behind a powerful new term, "Honoring the Game." Coaches, parents, and athletes need to realize that an "Honoring the Game" perspective needs to replace the common win-at-all-cost perspective. If a coach and his or her team have to dishonor the game to win it, what is this victory really worth, and what sort of message is this sending young athletes?
At PCA we say that Honoring the Game goes to the "ROOTS" of positive play. Each letter in ROOTS stands for an important part of the game that we must respect. The R stands for Rules. The first O is for Opponents. The next O is for Officials. T is for Teammates, and the S is for Self.
http://www.goodcharacter.com/SPORTS/honoring.html
It has been brought to my attention (by my dh) that I am not a good sport. I do fine with physical sports, but games are a different story. I have a lot of past history to contend with before I solve my poor sportsmanship problem. But first I had to find out what it is to be a good sport.
I imagine I am not the only one with this problem. In fact, according to the news, I am one among many. My dh says I am not fun to play games with because I am a poor sport. I know that I do not enjoy playing games because I am a poor sport. I want to teach my daughters to be good sports and to enjoy games (and sports), but I can't do that being such a poor sport myself.
