I don’t think you can have the same expectations of sportsmanship (or I guess what is being labeled sportsmanship in this thread) for youth and adults, though. Adults are mature and grown. Mentally tough. And these are professional adults. A celebration by the opposing team isn’t going to crush their self-esteem or make them quit a sport because they feel badly about themselves the same way it might do to a nine-year-old little league player. At that age, sports are about growth and development and fun. As a professional adult, it’s not— it’s about winning and competing at the very highest level and sacrificing everything to make your dreams come true.
I respect where y’all are coming from, and believe it or not, sportsmanship is very important to me as a coach and a player AND a parent AND a referee of my sport.
I simply do not agree with y’all that is is bad sportsmanship, and I do not have a problem with a team who beat my team 25-10 in volleyball doing their ace/kill/block cheers and still running plays and serving tough and celebrating points
As long as they aren’t turning and facing my players and jeering at them or mocking them.
So I guess I need to just agree to disagree with y’all
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