Sportsmanship - what would you do?

[Sinful Sinister]

Just like evryone else l would shake their hand. Was brought up to be polite and take it on the chin. Hand out and thanks. If l was playing a team event and threw it wrong a few times, got a ugly carry or just was having a bad game but carrying l would say sorry, and hand up when low fiving because l know l'm throwing it wrong. I was in that same situation last yr, my opponent would be going brooky and through the nose at least half the day l lost 2 out of 3 games but l was like damn that sux but oh well, still low fives and shook his hand. I couldn't beat him. Take the good with the bad.

 

[Roysa]

I got beat by 200 over 4 games tonight, my opponent couldnt miss, light mixes, kicked 4 pins the 2 pin was the last to fall twice. I left more single pins than i care to think about. Had to laugh couldnt do much else.

Still shook hands at the end and we come back next week.

 

[jason_doust]

Had a similar experience one night at Tuggeranong. Dean Crampton served me my butt on a plate. He had 3 boards to hit at the breakpoint. Trouble was, each of them had an arrow on it! Pretty hard to do anything but smile when you get a guy who can play with that much room! It happens.

As for comments about people being unsporting and not high-fiving, well, I must be the worst sport in the world! I hate the high-5 beyond the occasional exceptional shot and will not be shamed into conformity. Had a whole other thread on that topic. (Keep out of my personal space, serial high-fivers! If you're on my team, I expect you to make your single pins!) Because everyone knows how seriously I take league. I must join one again one day... It's been a few years...

 

[Lyndsay_Packer]

Had a similar experience one night at Tuggeranong. Dean Crampton served me my butt on a plate. He had 3 boards to hit at the breakpoint. Trouble was, each of them had an arrow on it! Pretty hard to do anything but smile when you get a guy who can play with that much room! It happens.

As for comments about people being unsporting and not high-fiving, well, I must be the worst sport in the world! I hate the high-5 beyond the occasional exceptional shot and will not be shamed into conformity. Had a whole other thread on that topic. (Keep out of my personal space, serial high-fivers! If you're on my team, I expect you to make your single pins!) Because everyone knows how seriously I take league. I must join one again one day... It's been a few years...

Couldn't agree more on that. I hate the high five. My old coach made me practice sparing 10 pins for hours on end, which I still do every now and then. I don't need a high five because I spared it. I've trained hard that it should just be second nature. So I'll join you in the bad sport corner Dousty

 

[Roysa]

Recently we tried no high fives on our pair. It was a welcome change. We should write it into next years constitution.

 

[GraftonGez]

We have it good in Australia and maybe TOO GOOD when people start questioning whether one should shake an opponents hand when they were defeated by fluky shots.
Harden Up!