Diagnostic Misconceptions - Conduct in Sport
Physical Education: AQA GCSE, topic 7.3.12
Conduct in Sport
In sport and physical activity there are lots of different elements of conduct:
Etiquette
- Etiquette is the unwritten rules of a game, for example shaking hands at the end of a tennis match.
Sportsmanship
- Sportsmanship is conforming to the rules, etiquette and spirit of the game.
- An example of this could be waiting for the opposing player to be ready before serving in tennis.
Contract to compete
- Contract to compete is abiding by the written and unwritten rules of the game.
- For example, kicking the ball out of play if a player is injured in football.
Gamesmanship
- Bending the rules to get an advantage, without breaking them.
- Wasting time in a game when you are winning is not illegal but it is not playing fair either.
Test yourself on Diagnostic Misconceptions - Conduct in Sport
Which of the following terms could be defined as “stretching the rules to gain an unfair advantage"?
Sledging in cricket by intimidating a player would be classified as which type of conduct?
Which sporting example is an example of sporting etiquette?