Sporting values 1
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How a range of values can be promoted through sport.
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Examples of team spirit, fair play, and tolerance and respect in sport.
As well as fitness and skill, sports performers need to live up to certain values and behave in certain ways to be successful. Performers and fans can also apply these values to everyday life.
Tolerance and respect
This means supporting fellow team or squad members and working together to reach a common goal.
This is treated as one value, not two separate ones. It relates to how sport can unite people and generate a better understanding of other cultures.
For example, the British and Irish Lions rugby team comes together every four years. Players are selected from different clubs and countries, however, when they play as the Lions against other countries’ teams, the players work together and support each other to try to defeat the opposition.
During the 2020 European men’s Football Championship, three black England football players, including Marcus Rashford, were racially abused online after missing penalties in the final against Italy. Other England players spoke out, saying that there is no place for racism in football and society. Some fans showed their tolerance and respect for the players by covering a defaced mural of Marcus Rashford in Manchester with flowers, poems and positive messages.
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Fair play
This is when performers follow the rules and sporting etiquette, and do not cheat.
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For example, if a tennis player is ready to serve and their opponent is using time to collect their towel when they should be ready to receive the ball, the opponent might not be demonstrating fair play.
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Fair play means that competitors play their sport correctly and respect its traditions and spirit.
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Tolerance and respect means the way that sport has the power to teach fans and participants about other people and cultures.
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Go to the Stonewall website and read their ‘Make Sport Everyone’s Game’ toolkit. Note down a list of improvements to your sports club to make it more inclusive for LGBTQ+ participants. In pairs, pick a sport and give examples of how the values discussed on this page are shown in it. For example, how many ways to show fair play can you think of?
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