MIAA Sportsmanship paper

MIAA Sportsmanship paper

Sportsmanship can be defined by many things, helping someone up after they are knocked down, not running up the score when your team is up big, or it could even be as simple as keeping your mouth shut when the other players are talking trash to each other. Sportsmanship, or lack of it, can completely alter the way a person views playing a sport that they love. Sportsmanship is the act of making the sport someone loves even more enjoyable for them. People shouldn't have to be afraid of playing the sport they love because of what other people will say if they make a mistake. If everyone showed good sportsmanship imagine how many people who quit their sport would have continued playing. That's 100's maybe even 1000's of kids every year who instead of quitting, continue to play and prosper in their respected sports. If people would all just practice good sportsmanship in their everyday lives they could improve the lives of others as well as their own at the same time.