Key learning points

1. Sportsmanship is upholding fairness, respect, and graciousness in victory or defeat, demonstrating ethical conduct.
2. Gamesmanship involves using clever yet unethical tactics to gain a competitive edge without breaking the rules.
3. Deviance is cheating and goes against the etiquette of sport.
4. Violence occurs as a result of frustration, pressure and the desire to win.

Keywords

• Etiquette - a convention or unwritten rule in an activity and it is not an enforceable rule but it is usually observed

• Sportsmanship - conforming to the rules, spirit and etiquette of a sport

• Gamesmanship - attempting to gain an advantage by bending the rules to their limit (but not breaking them)

• Deviance - behaviour that is either immoral or seriously breaks the rules and norms of the sport

• Violence - physical acts committed in sport that go beyond the accepted rules of play or the expected levels of contact within a contact sport

Common misconception