Sportsmanship

Sportsmanship must be learned. We are not born with polished sportsmanship qualities. Therefore, sportsmanship must be taught! As coaches, we are the teacher of sportsmanship to our athletes.

Coaches should teach their athletes to play with fairness, with courteousness, and gracefully accept the results at the end of a game. Coaches need to display these same characteristics so the athlete can demonstrate them properly and know that the coach means business about good sportsmanship.

The ability to be a good sport and display good sportsmanship is dependent on wether we possess the human values of self-disipline, responsibility, integrity, respect and courage.

Good sportsmanship begins and ends with you!

Sportsman of the Month

Do you know someone that exudes sportsmanship on and/or off the field? Do you know someone who goes Beyond the Game to empower others through sportsmanship or community service? If you answered yes to either one of those questions, then it sounds like you know someone who is eligible for Sportsmanship Spotlight!...READ MORE

Congratulations to our Sportsman of the Month winners:

October 2012: Jeremy Humphrey - football official, Lake Charles, La.
November 2012: Derrick Small - student athlete, Many High School, Many, La.
December 2012: Eddie Cole - cross country & track and field coach, Episcopal High, Baton Rouge, La.
January 2013: Brody Taylor - student athlete, De La Salle High School, New Orleans, La.
February 2013: Hannah Benton - student athlete, Mandeville High School, Mandeville, La.
March 2013: Richmond Jackson - student athlete/fan, Metairie Park Country Day, Metairie, La.
April 2013: Ann Claire Crain - student athlete, Vandebilt Catholic High School, Houma, La.
May 2013: Mikey Guillory - baseball coach, Archbishop Shaw High School, Marrero, La.

Essay Contest

Each year, the LHSAA Beyond the Game program sponsors a Sportsmanship essay contest. This is an opportunity for students at all of our member schools to get creative and tell us what it means to go “beyond the game” in sportsmanship. The guidelines are simple and your entries must be received by April 30, 2013 to be eligible to win. First place will be awarded a prize of $500 and will be recognized at the Annual LHSCA Coaches Clinic banquet in July. The theme of this year’s essay should follow the topic: “Sportsmanship: Going Beyond the Game.”...READ MORE

Congratulations to William Kenyon, student at St. Paul's School for being named the LHSAA Beyond the Game Essay Winner. William received a check for $500, which was presented to him at the LHSCA Coaches Clinic July 17 - 19, 2012.

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