"building self esteem" goes too fa again....

[baseline bum]

"Crap, this team is killing us! It's 4-0 already!"

"Wait a minute....."

He scores an own goal!!

"WE WIN!"

[exstatic]

Rules like those destroy the game. Sometimes really bad losses are simply part of the experience. Good coaches make sure their players take something constructive from that.

The only time I have a problem is when the winning team purposely tries to run-up the score to embarrass the other team. If your up by a huge amount and the coach still leaves the starters (when he would otherwise sub them out) its bad sportsmanship IMO. You don't let the other team score or go easy on them, you simply keep playing your regular game. Furthermore blowouts are good opportunities for the winning team to give some playing time to bench guys.

The other situation that bothers me is when one player purposely tries to break some type of record by taking all the shots. This happens a lot at the high school level. If they break the record through normal game-play then fine, but when they keep putting up shots in an otherwise meaningless game it ruins the accomplishment. I Hate Kobe, but if I recall correctly his 81 points were scored in a compe ive game. I also really hate to point the finger, but David Robinson's 71 points were unsportsmanlike IMO... He put up 41 shots way more than anyone in a game that meant nothing to either team. Robinson just wanted the scoring le, but he should of been pulled out earlier.

Actually, David never would have pushed for the scoring le. John Lucas and all of David's team mates wanted him to have it, and fed him continuously and willingly throughout the game.

[Sisk]

fail.

[xellos88330]

This is ridiculous.

My daughter who is 16 months old will be a perfect example. She knows the difference between accomplishment and pity.

When she does things all by herself for the first time, that smile she gives just glows with confidence. She knows that she did it all by herself, and you just can't duplicate that feeling of personal victory. Not only that, as her father, I love watching her succeed relying on only her own will to overcome obstacles.

[greyforest]

pussy rule for pussy gots