Sportsmanship, Gamesmanship and Deviance

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What does it mean to be ethical in sport?

Being ethical in sport is to play by the rules and to show moral standards of behaviour.

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What are the three aspects that effect ethics in sport?

Sportsmanship, Gamesmanship and Deviance.

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What is sportsmanship?

Sportsmanship is to follow rules and regulations and having the ability to lose gracefully. It involves fairness, generosity and having etiquette.

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Examples of goods sportsmanship:

*Shaking hands with the officials and opposition. *Helping an injured opposition. *Congratulating a goal (clapping). *Stopping a game when someone is injured. * Not swearing or being abusive. *Taking defeat well. *Not questioning the officials.

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Examples of bad sportsmanship:

*Violent conduct. *Not shaking the oppositions or the referees hand. *Abusive language. *Racial comments or gestures. * Walking away from an official when their talking. *Over-celebrating. *Making fun of other ability.

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What is gamesmanship?

Gamesmanship is when you bend the rules to gain an unfair advantage.

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Examples of gamesmanship:

*Diving for a penalty in football. *Time-wasting. *Distracting the opposition (Sledging in cricket- bowler and fielder verbally abuse the batter to intimidate and put him off).

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What is deviance?

Deviance is human behaviour that is against society's norms and values- behaviour of this kind if often against the law.

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Examples of deviance:

*Violence in sport. *Taking performance enhancing drugs. *Cheating in sport. *Hooliganism in football.

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