Posted by CatTales on 11/3/2007, 1:59 am, in reply to "Character Counts!"
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YOUTH-AND SCHOOL-BASED SPORTS
Sportsmanship Spell-Out Wins Essay Contest
To honor National Sportsmanship Day (September 17), the Institute for International Sport conducted an essay contest. Four winners were selected.
Our favorite was by elementary school winner, Karoline Kent, of Centreville, Maryland. She took the word sportsmanship and cleverly made it into a winning team, with each letter representing a teammate. See how well they work together:
Safety: means you play fairly and clean by not tripping or pushing. This shows respect for your team and the people you are playing against.
Participate: in the game and practices and give it all you got. This shows you care about your teammates and fans.
Opinion: means keep your opinions to yourself. If a player is not that good and you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything.
Ready: means show up on time, have your sneakers tied, and do personal stuff before practice/game starts so you are not late and wasting people's time.
Teamwork: means work together and have fun while playing.
Show: respect for your teammates/coach/fans and don't be rude or brag.
Move: yourself and don't be lazy. If your coach needs help cleaning up equipment, don't just watch, help out!
Ask: for help from a coach or teammate if you don't know what to do.
Nice: to others means if somebody messes up, you should not be mean.
Say: nice things to your teammates and the other team such as when you shake their hands after the game.
Help: teammates out if they don't understand something or need extra practice at something you are good at.
Improve: yourself so you can become a better player and help your team.
Practice, practice, practice to always be the best you can!
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