OSIP stands for Outstanding Sportsmanship Is Paramount and has two key points in its mission statement:
Did you know:
The statistics are clear: it’s time to renew the standard of sportsmanship.
We commonly associate good sportsmanship with both team sports (i.e. baseball, football, basketball, hockey, etc.) and individual sports (i.e. golf, tennis, swimming, wrestling, etc.). However, good sportsmanship extends to competitions such as poker, motor racing, customizable card games, video games, billiards, and more. In fact, good sportsmanship can be applied to areas of every day life, such as trivia, raffles, board games, and politics!
Good sportsmanship isn’t just something reserved for the athletes or participants. Parents, coaches, fans, officials, and even the media are all responsible for good sportsmanship. How many stories must we hear of parents or other volunteers acting in immature ways that set horrible examples for kids? As serious as we may take it, isn’t it just a game?
Have fun when you compete. Play your hardest. Leave it all out on the field, as they say. But please do it in a way that respects one another. After all, the golden rule tells us to treat others the way you would like to be treated. Would you like to be on the receiving end of poor sportsmanship? Didn’t think so!
Sources:
-Journal of Services Marketing
-National Alliance for Youth Sports
-National Association for Sports Officials
- To provide financial aid and assistance to those affected by acts of aggression due to poor sportsmanship and/or fanship, and,
- To raise awareness of the need for better sportsmanship in all capacities throughout sports and competition
Did you know:
- 87% of fans agree that “in sports, winning is everything?”
- 76% of sports officials quit due to poor sportsmanship from parents?
- 70% of kids in the USA stop playing organized sports by age 13 because “it’s just not fun anymore?”
The statistics are clear: it’s time to renew the standard of sportsmanship.
We commonly associate good sportsmanship with both team sports (i.e. baseball, football, basketball, hockey, etc.) and individual sports (i.e. golf, tennis, swimming, wrestling, etc.). However, good sportsmanship extends to competitions such as poker, motor racing, customizable card games, video games, billiards, and more. In fact, good sportsmanship can be applied to areas of every day life, such as trivia, raffles, board games, and politics!
Good sportsmanship isn’t just something reserved for the athletes or participants. Parents, coaches, fans, officials, and even the media are all responsible for good sportsmanship. How many stories must we hear of parents or other volunteers acting in immature ways that set horrible examples for kids? As serious as we may take it, isn’t it just a game?
Have fun when you compete. Play your hardest. Leave it all out on the field, as they say. But please do it in a way that respects one another. After all, the golden rule tells us to treat others the way you would like to be treated. Would you like to be on the receiving end of poor sportsmanship? Didn’t think so!
Sources:
-Journal of Services Marketing
-National Alliance for Youth Sports
-National Association for Sports Officials