Playing hard but fair, working as a team, appreciating the opportunity to compete, not kicking someone when they're on the ground, helping a teammate or an opponent up after a penalty or goal and hoping the other team plays their best When we're not playing we watch the game and cheer good play, even if it is the other team We encourage each other to do well and we always shake our opponents' hands after games We are not playing just to win, we are playing to do our best, enjoy the competition and have fun
{i} abilities of a sportsman; conduct of a sportsman (such as fair play, good manners, grace in losing, etc.)
The quality inherent in playing a game in which one is honor bound to follow the spirit and letter of the rules Sportsmanship rules are rules of conduct, explicitly written or implicitly believed, that adhere to this principle
Sportsmanship is behaviour and attitudes that show respect for the rules of a game and for the other players. behaviour that is fair, honest, and polite in a game or sports competition
must not be thought of as a gentle or meek way of accepting defeat or willingly bowing or giving in to defeat It's having the character and strength to know you have been beaten by a better dancer/s and realising that more application to the task of winning is needed Sportsmanship is also having the good manners to congratulate your victor without making excuses for why you lost - a humble attitude with a determined quest to reach the top