Sportsmanship

The key to practicing good sportsmanship is knowing your job and doing it. As a participant, coach, official or fan, you have specific duties. However, everyone associated with group activities — not just sports — is responsible for conduct that meets the highest standards. This means you must:

Know and follow the rules of the sport or activity
Respect officials and accept their decisions
Maintain self control at all times
Respect opponents
Cheer and communicate positively
React appropriately, even when others don’t
Five Core Values of Sportsmanship
BE COOPERATIVE: Join teammates, opponents, coaches and officials in mutual quest for excellence.
BE FAIR: Compete skillfully, guided by the letter and spirit of the rules.
BE GRACIOUS: Savor the challenge of a tough competitor and meet it with your finest performance, win or lose.
BE HONORABLE: Respect the game and everyone's contributions.
BE HUMBLE: Take success in stride - share the credit.
Language Arts Connection

In your opinion, do you agree that these are the five important values of sportsmanship? Yes or No. Explain your answer use the APE Strategy.
Do you think one of these values is more important than the others? Are they all equal? Are any missing?
Sportsmanship Pass it On
Language Arts Connection

In your opinion, what is the main idea in each of the following videos. Use the APE Strategy.
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