Sportsmanship

Course Details
Sportsmanship
The NFHS developed this free course to give you a better understanding of sportsmanship, how it impacts the educational process and identifies your specific role in modeling it at all interscholastic athletic events. Insight is shared throughout the course from fans, players, parents, teacher-coaches and officials. This course will help provide schools a more positive game environment.
Course Outline
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1.
Introduction
( 2 Sections )
- Introduction
- Course Objectives
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2.
What is Sportsmanship?
( 4 Sections )
- Definition of Sportsmanship
- Interviews: Definition of Sportsmanship
- Examples of Poor and Good Sportsmanship
- Interviews: Observations
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3.
Why Sportsmanship is Important
( 3 Sections )
- Why Sportsmanship is So Important
- Story of Sportsmanship
- Positive Behaviors
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4.
What are our Roles?
( 7 Sections )
- Focusing on our Roles
- Fans and Parents
- Players
- Coaches
- Officials
- Sticking to our Roles
- Interviews: Roles and Responsibilities
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5.
Conclusion
( 2 Sections )
- Implementing a Sportsmanship Initiative
- Congratulations
National Certification
The NFHS Coach Certification Program is a national professional credential offered to individuals who are currently coaching or aspire to coach at the interscholastic level.


NFHS Core Courses
Fundamentals of Coaching and First Aid, Health and Safety for Coaches provide coaches with content from all eight domains contained in the National Standards for Sport Coaches (NASPE 2006). These two courses form the foundation from which all elective courses and sport-specific courses are developed. Core courses should be completed first to give the coach a better understanding of elective and sport-specific courses.

Interscholastic Officiating
