how you play. In my class they over react if they lose. One time I was on the team with the best players in our class in they were horrible. One kid got so angry just because we lost.

No, sports are for fun who cares who wins or loses wwe were at the end of our last swimming meet and we lost and we were all so happy none of us cared that we had all lost we felt as happy as if we would have won!!

AlEx

I think playing beacuse if u try your hardest thats is more importent then a tropthey, ribbions, and medels.

• -Lucy- •

I think how you play is more inportant… Winning is fun but you cant win everthing you do and every time you do it.

Miranda

I think that winning matters most. It can help you think of better strategies, and can even help you think of better ways to play, because you may play good in one game and win, and then step up your game to GREAT and be unbeatable. THat’s why I think winning matters most.

Its not how u win its how u play the game!!!!!Jordon in Idaho!

How you play the game does matter. You should be able to try your best and play fair….which sometimes results in you winning! Winning matters too. It shows that you have used good team work and did a great job. You must always keep in mind tho, that winning is NOT everything. You should always have a good time playing the game, and always know that u did ur best!

-Taylor~~~

you dont have to be good at something to love playing it. its just like if your bff dumped you because she didnt like your hair color. if you love playing something you should be able to play it without being made fun of.

-Jessy♥

well the point of a sport IS winning but it all comes down to how you play. for example i swim and we train untill march when we have golds, the big meet.

-xhanx

I am very competitive, and I hate to lose, so, yes, I like the idea of winning more than the idea of having fun!

I’m not really a Sports Chick, but I’d rather have fun instead of stressing out to win, or being bummed because I lost. -Gypsy Girl

well its how you play and you feel good about playing if u win u shouldnt tease the other people it makes them feel bad u could try giving them a high 5 or say good job,but not be mean about it.

Everyone always says that it doesn’t matter whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game. But in today’s competitive world of sports, many people find this hard to believe. However, the way you play has a huge impact on whether you win or lose. After all, if you don’t play very well, how are you going to win? It’s important to know when you should be competitive and when you should play just to play. Sometimes being competitive is a good thing, because it motivates you. But the most important thing is to focus on doing your best and being a good sport.

-Ariel =^..^=

I really think it’s how you play. I understand that winning is fun and all, but it is just a game. It’s not like you’re saving a life or anything, right? I’m not saying that you shouldn’t be proud when you do win, but in the end, it’s really how you play. And how you play also effects if you win or lose.

-Courtney =^..^=

Well, do u mean how u play like skill level? Because if that’s the case, I say that NEITHER is more important. Like, skill level and winning, on a sports team? Through them out the window!!!! It doesn’t matter if you can’t score a goal in soccer and never win at tennis. All that matters is that you love the sport! One time I was horeback riding and my horse got spooked and I fell off. I was FREAKED out, shaking like a LEAF in a HURRICANE, and I knew I wasn’t going to get a ribbon. But I got back onto the horse and I finished of the show. So I didn’t win? So what. So my instructor had to walk around the ring with me because I was so freaked out i could hardly hold the reins. SO WHAT!! I don’t think skill level or winning are important at all. I think that’s what causes a lot of problems on teams. Even on teams where there aren’t tryouts and everyone makes the team, like the soccer team I used to play in, coaches get really competative. I mean, the coach on one of my soccer teams was really nice, and she would rally up the team witha big “Purple Poison!” cheer before every game. And we were PUMPED UP to the max so we gave it all we had. And we won some games, yeah. But although that was fun, it’s not important. I loved soccer then (I don’t play it anymore.) and I almost always got to play for three quarters of the game. But next year, I had a different coach, and I wasn’t one of the best players on the team. this coach was not a great coach and he didn’t encourage the team to much and we didn’t like, you know, have as much fun. And, like I said, I wasn’t one of the best players on the team. And there was this one position, sweeper, that I REALLY wanted to get. But I NEVER EVER got it. U guesed why… I wasn’t good enough. And that’s the thing. I think that just because someone is not the best player in the universe, they shouldn’t have to wait out the entire second half of the game like I did. Now, if you mean how you play like ur attitude, I think that is so much more important than winning. Like, you have to love the game and play with a positive attitude. And etc. If you mean how u play like do u cheat and shove? I think thats more important than winning two. winners are the people who play the gamem fairly and say “good game!” to the people on the other team. Losers, evem if they score more points, cheat, shove, and are you know… not nice.

I know we all want to say “winning doesn’t matter, what matter’s is playing well”. But, the point of a sport with two different teams IS to win right? Winning let’s you feel like you have acomplished something. And tell the truth, don’t you want to be the team thst wins? I know I do. We just have to rember to have good sportsmanship. We practice to get better and win right? Winning DOES matter.

Its just a game. U should hav fun with whatever ur playing. If u win thats great JUST DONT RUB IT IN its so unkool. If u lose not end of the world!!

Meggie here 4 all girls

playing is more importent b\c professional players don’t always win but that dosn’t mean they aren’t gr8 at their sport

• Yai Yai :D :) *

I think that how you play is way more important then just to win. I’m not saying you shouldn’t want to win but if you do you shouldn’t overeact and start jumping up and down and shouting to everyone that you won. Just smile and congratulate the people who didn’t win.

how you play is a big thing and if you dont like the sport then dont go out for it! two of my friends at the begging of bball season we really wanted them to go out for it so we said “we don’t care how you play if that’s whats keeping you away” and then one went out and convinced the other to go out and now bball is way WAY more fun since all of us friends are on the team. yeah we care about winning and losing but when we dont win we look back on our game and then we go and practice really hard and we go to our next game and get closer to winning!

love always, ♥ash♥

You should deffinately play soprts to WIN b/c if all you can take from it is that you had fun, you really haven’t gained much! Sports are around to keep people fit and have somewhere to take out all of your rage! If you just sit there staring at the sky, thinking “Well, we lost this game 42 to 6 but I’m still happy about it!” then you never really get the chance to actually get into the sport! Wanting only to win helps people strive to do their very best in way that just wanting fun never could! -YeLLo Girl

i love playing soccer, sure when i loose i feel bad. Bu at least i know that i lost with the people that i had fun with. Winning or loosing doesn’t make me feel any different about my teamantes or me. It was just another game, plus no one is ever a loser forever.

I think playing your best is all that matters. After people do most games, they look back and say, “I could’ve done better.” But if you don’t like saying that, PLAY YOUR BEST!!!! If you try really hard to win, you end up losing. It happens to my friends, and when I told ‘em to concentrate on the game and tips your coach gives you, you’ll 100%edly, totally, completely,

All in all, playing is 1,000,000,000,000,000x better than winning. :-)

Winn you play a sport i think that you should have fun and and try to improve your skills.