When you’re practicing your sport, you are constantly interacting with other people, whether they are coaches, members of your team, opponents, parents or sports professionals. Within the context of the relationships you have with these people, you might find yourself in situations where you feel uncomfortable, confused, afraid, or stressed. You might even be physically hurt. The following tables show which behaviours are acceptable and which are not acceptable in your relations with others in the sports community.
If I realize I’m having a lot of negative issues when practicing my sport, I should consult available resources.
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| I feel good practicing my sport when the members of my team or my opponents… * |
I feel bad practicing my sport when the members of my team or my opponents… * |
- Congratulate me when I perform well
- Compete while respecting the rules
- Respect each other
- Demonstrate team spirit when playing
- Encourage me when situations get difficult
- Allow me to have fun, to improve my skills and to give the best that I can
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- Insult me, reject me, intimidate me or hit me
- Don’t intervene when others intimidate me
- Cheat
- Apply too much pressure on me
- Criticize my errors or those of my team members
- Want to fight
- Try to bribe or manipulate me into having sexual activities with them in exchange for favours or privileges
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*All of these situations also apply when you witness them happening to your team members and your opponents.
“If I find myself in one or more negative situations when practicing my sport, I should consult available resources.
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| I feel good practicing my sport when the coaches and professionals who oversee me… * |
I feel bad practicing my sport when the coaches and professionals who oversee me… * |
- Take the time to correct my technique
- Make sure I have fun when I practice my sport
- Act as role models with their positive and constructive attitude
- Help me manage victory well when they congratulate my opponents in a respectful manner
- Help me manage defeat well when they underline my sports ethics
- Treat me with respect
- Listen to my needs
- Treat all members of the team equally
- Care for my well-being and my safety
- Congratulate me for the work I do and for my efforts
- Show clearly that intimidation or any form of violence is not tolerated
- Ask me to execute movements or technical manoeuvres that are adapted to my level and to my physical and psychological capacities
- Accept me as I am
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*All of these situations also apply when you witness them happening to your team members and your opponents.
“If I find myself in one or more negative situations when practicing my sport, I should consult available resources.”
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| I feel good practicing my sport when my parents… * |
I feel bad practicing my sport when my parents… * |
- Encourage me in a respectful manner
- Support me regardless of victory or defeat
- Encourage me to respect my opponents and the other teams
- Motivate me to practice my sport for myself and for my own pleasure
- Care for my well-being by listening to my needs and my worries
- Support me in developing my skills and my sportsmanship
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*All of these situations may also apply when you witness them happening to your team members and your opponents.
“If I find myself in one or more negative situations when practicing my sport, I should consult
available resources.”
