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[quote=Anonymous]My dad was an All-American soccer player. One of the most competitive and driven athletes I have ever met throughout his life. My sibling and I played D1 sports for four years in college and it was in large part due to our upbringing. But my dad had a huge emphasis on sportsmanship in our home. If we were playing card games, we had to have good and gracious sportsmanship. Sportsmanship mattered FAR more than anything else on the soccer field, for sure, and we kids knew that. My brother had a meltdown one day at a practice over a perceived slight/unfairness and my dad very quietly went over and guided him off the field. No lecture. They sat down and Dad just sat with him on the sidelines and watched the rest of the practice with him. It was a gentle, but firm reminder that sportsmanship comes before the sport. That’s all it took. There was never a meltdown again. Don’t make it punitive. No scolding or lectures or shaming or raised voices. Kids are just learning. You want them to love sport. But do let your kid know that if it happens, he will watch the game from the side with you. [/quote]

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