ethics and deviance

• Rules


  Participants have to follow the rules of the sport, rules make sure that play is safe and fair, players are penalised if they do not respect the rules or the officials, during informal or adapted activities, participants often agree their own rules
• Ethics


  Being ethical in sport is to play by the laws, rules or expectations of the sport and do this by showing high moral standard in your behaviour, sport is supposed to be a fair activity
• Sportsmanship


  Behaviour that shows fair play, respect for opponents, umpires and spectators, being gracious if you win or lose
• Sportsmanship


  Makes the activity enjoyable, encourages a good atmosphere and friendliness, supports the officials and umpires and helps the game flow, raises the status of the sport and provides good role models
• Gamesmanship


  Bending the rules to gain an unfair advantage in a sport
• Gamesmanship


  • Talking in a player's ear at a corner to put them off scoring in football
  • Keep stopping to tie your shoelace when your opponent is serving in tennis
• Etiquette


  Sport has unwritten rules or customs to uphold respect and fairness, they often require players to take an active approach to respect and fairness, not just avoid breaking the rules
• Etiquette


  • Acknowledging that a ball was out in tennis
  • Shaking hands with opponents before and after an important football match, regardless of the outcome
• Deviance


  Cheating, breaking the rules and often involves illegal behaviour
• Deviance


  • A high tackle in rugby
  • 2 footed challenge in football
• Reasons for PLAYER VIOLENCE


  Anger or Frustration, Emotional Intensity, Retaliation, Lack of Discipline, Nature of the Game
• Violence in sport is uncontrolled behaviour that causes physical injury, if it occurred on the streets rather than the sports field, it would be a crime</b>
• Possible reasons for violence in sport


  • An instinctive response
  • Frustration
  • Copying others/peer pressure
  • Aggression
• Strategies to control violence in sport


  Take time to assess your position in the game, Focus on what is working and the success rather than the failures, Play with integrity within the rules of the game, Calm down ensure that you are giving yourself time to focus on the activity and not getting distracted