Sportsmanship - Some people define good sportsmanship as the “golden rule” of sports — in other words, treating the people you play with and against as you’d like to be treated yourself. You demonstrate good sportsmanship when you show respect for yourself, your teammates, and your opponents, for the coaches on both sides, and for the referees, judges, and other officials. Our student athletes and coaches show good sportsmanship, but what about the fans? As fans, we need to make certain that we are following the golden rule and following the rules of good sportsmanship in order to show our coaches and our student athletes that we support the time, effort, skill and dedication that they have put in to playing an athletic event. I want to encourage all of our fans to be supportive. Trust me, no one sets out to lose a game. The student athletes don’t play to lose, the coaches don’t play to lose and when we do experience a loss, the coaches and our athletes need to know we are fans that support them over the long term, not just when they are winning. Also, personal verbal assaults on the students and coaches do not help encourage winning. If coaching and playing a sport was easy, then everyone would do it. Let’s build our kids up, not break them down with negative comments…..remember, these are 16 and 17 year old kids that you are criticizing. Remember, we need to observe good sportsmanship in all sports. Basketball season is just around the corner. It is easy to get caught up in the excitement of the game and let that excitement take over our good judgment. Please think before you yell, and when you yell, please yell, “go team,” not a personal attack on a student athlete or coach. Parents, let us know how we can help you the first day of school all the way until the last day of school!! If you have any question about this article or any other question about school happenings please contact me at 325/372-3144 or email me at lglaze@san-saba.net . Sportsmanship - Some people define good sportsmanship as the “golden rule” of sports — in other words, treating the people you play with and against as you’d like to be treated yourself. You demonstrate good sportsmanship when you show respect for yourself, your teammates, and your opponents, for the coaches on both sides, and for the referees, judges, and other officials. Our student athletes and coaches show good sportsmanship, but what about the fans? As fans, we need to make certain that we are following the golden rule and following the rules of good sportsmanship in order to show our coaches and our student athletes that we support the time, effort, skill and dedication that they have put in to playing an athletic event. I want to encourage all of our fans to be supportive. Trust me, no one sets out to lose a game. The student athletes don’t play to lose, the coaches don’t play to lose and when we do experience a loss, the coaches and our athletes need to know we are fans that support them over the long term, not just when they are winning. Also, personal verbal assaults on the students and coaches do not help encourage winning. If coaching and playing a sport was easy, then everyone would do it. Let’s build our kids up, not break them down with negative comments…..remember, these are 16 and 17 year old kids that you are criticizing. Remember, we need to observe good sportsmanship in all sports. Basketball season is just around the corner. It is easy to get caught up in the excitement of the game and let that excitement take over our good judgment. Please think before you yell, and when you yell, please yell, “go team,” not a personal attack on a student athlete or coach. Parents, let us know how we can help you the first day of school all the way until the last day of school!! If you have any question about this article or any other question about school happenings please contact me at 325/372-3144 or email me at lglaze@san-saba.net .