It is poor sportsmanship for the girls who just ran the fast heat to jump in the 'B' race and make a joke out of it.
But, it was all in good fun. Their coach should apologize to the other coaches and make the girls apologize to the other girls. The other coaches should tell their girls that these girls were seniors and fast and just having fun so don't get offended.
Minor breach of sportsmanship but give the girls a break for having fun and wanting to go out with something memorable.
Most of the people who see no harm in this have not spent time trying to develop track at the HS level.It is extremely difficult to get kids to take track seriously. This kinda of bullshit does not help. Rewarding this kinda of bullshit with internet coverage does not help. Carry on......
wejo wrote:
I can't believe they pulled this off but it is excellent.
And you all can't seriously be bitching about illegal uniforms .
This run is the best thing I've seen in track all week . I'm trying to think if anything in Doha was better. I liked kiprop in the 1500.
On the contrary, this kind of bullshit has absolutely no impact on 'developing the sport at the HS level.' That you think it does makes you a special kind of moron.
It was the last dual meet of the season. The better runners weren't running hard because they were likely getting ready for regionals or conference. Odds are pretty good that none of those teams were using their best 4x100 runners. At that point in the season the dual meet is more for a tuneup. The kids were having some fun, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with it.
Was it poor sportsmanship? Maybe. A little. Very little. But it wasn't some serious breach of sportsmanship at all. I could see the coach apologizing to the other coach, and that's about all that would be needed.
It's cute but it is showing up the other team.
God. I figured people on here would get a laugh at this. It's a scrub meet, and they're screwing around. So what?
You guys need to lighten up. Every meet and every race isn't the Olympic finals.
Maybe you have a hard time getting kids to take track seriously because you are a shit coach. I've never had any trouble getting my team to work hard and do their best. Seeing this video will not cause any of them to say "Man, I should really take this sport I'm doing less seriously." Nor will it have that impact on anyone.
Like many other idiots on this board, you seem to think that little stuff like this is responsible for track's unpopularity. That's patently absurd.
I thought it was amusing. I don't think I'd call it bad sportsmanship; they just wanted a bit of fun and they made sure they were out in lane 6 to insure they didn't get in anyone's way. If someone ended up being offended by it, apologize and I think that is all that's necessary.
I'm a bit surprised at people's reactions to be honest.
So let me get this straight....we can no longer do anything "fun" with our sport because that would lead people to not take it seriously?
Why not have a tiny bit of fun when it doesn't matter?
I remember one invite that, as the last event, they had a 4x100 throwers relay. They used a twinkie as a baton. The throwers who participated from my team thought it was hilarious and were good sports about it. At one quad meet we decided to have a "steeplechase." The host coach put out hurdles set on the lowest setting and sat at where the water pit would have been and sprayed the runners with a hose. I participated in that one as part of the joke and I thought it was hilarious.
I remember that the last meet of the season that was unimportant (ie not a state qualifying meet or championship meet) all the coaches involved would do a lot of things out of the ordinary. The favorite example of this was when 2 runners from another team decided to join my team for a 4x400 relay so that we could let a runner with down syndrome anchor and have a shot at winning.
For 90% of HS runners, this will be the only time they get to compete in track and field. Yes, they need chances for serious competition, but it's okay if they have the occasional chance to have fun. Let them create those memories; it is largely harmless.
Perch wrote:
Bill B. wrote:"If you don't want us to run up the score, play better defense." Same idea applies, here. If you don't want to get beat by a kid running with a high jump bar, run faster. The kids they beat should be embarrassed.
Ah, yes! Another example of justifying poor sportsmanship by blaming the loser for not being good enough/trying hard enough. Good sportsmanship includes RESPECT for the opposition not contempt.
Hillary or Bernie?
This story made the home page of Fox Sports.
Those worried about marketing Track and Field should take note of what just happened here.
What exactly about this was fun? What exactly did they accomplish?
Seems like something that could have been done at practice and accomplished the same thing.....
I have the benefit of context and knowing this program but I am surprised at how many people have dismissed this as OK.
It's humiliating to the other teams.
Those teams were pretty bad and this team lined some good runners up against them and did a gimmick.
It would be fun if all the teams did it.
Or if they did it and lost.
That was like wearing slippers or a tuxedo in a race and hanging back to outkick everyone.
It's just a bit tacky. But mostly harmless fun.
CowardswithGunsRCool wrote:
What exactly about this was fun? What exactly did they accomplish?
Seems like something that could have been done at practice and accomplished the same thing.....
I have the benefit of context and knowing this program but I am surprised at how many people have dismissed this as OK.
Go away. No body likes you.
LRMB post of the day.It's official - idiots rule.Make Merica great again!
trashntrashout wrote:
CowardswithGunsRCool wrote:What exactly about this was fun? What exactly did they accomplish?
Seems like something that could have been done at practice and accomplished the same thing.....
I have the benefit of context and knowing this program but I am surprised at how many people have dismissed this as OK.
Go away. No body likes you.
iLovepranksters wrote:
This is great, harmless, innocent fun. These girls are my heroes this week. But yes, they should get some kind of reprimand. And probably dq-ed too. That doesn't take away from their greatness though.
^ solid post, anyways -- has anyone looked up the ruling about "baton" use? because if they didn't break any rules it isn't DQ worthy.
Secondly, this is something they can tell their friends/family/future kids... etc.
it's a great story, and no harm was done. except maybe to a few egos...
seriously people. THIS IS HIGH SCHOOL TRACK. there are so many more important things to get salty about than a team having a little bit of fun together.
we don't even know the back story. maybe it was an inside joke and they always nagged a coach to let them do it and he finally did. come on you guys...
This looks a bit shorter in length than a high jump crossbar, so it is likely a broken section of bar...probably a little safer that had they run with a 13' long crossbar. Still could have tripped runners in another lane.
Irresponsible for the starter to allow this, and poor sportsmanship on the part of the athletes.
There are relay meets that run a 4x100 for throwers where they pass a football or a discus (I think discus makes more sense in the context of a track meet).
CowardswithGunsRCool wrote:
What exactly about this was fun? What exactly did they accomplish?
Seems like something that could have been done at practice and accomplished the same thing.....
I have the benefit of context and knowing this program but I am surprised at how many people have dismissed this as OK.
Sprinters can't do more than 80 meters straight in practice though so that wouldn't work
It would have been fun if both teams agreed on it beforehand. But they didn't. If I was the other coach I'd be pissed.
Funny to watch though.
tycobb wrote:
coach deez nuts wrote:Basketball (an incredibly popular sport) has dunk contests where people are jumping over cars and catching balls from mascots on hoverboards. Lots of people think that is awesome and don't think that sport is a joke. Same f*cking thing here.
A dunk contest is a skill exhibition. It's not even close to the same things as an actually basketball game (or track meet). This is just poor sportsmanship and poor coaching. Where does this end. Should kids be waving at opponents they pass and running backwards at the finish.
This. Sad that poor sportsmanship is celebrated.
It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt, someone gets fired and everyone is sued. Poor sportsmanship aside, these are kids running a close, fairly quick race with a bulky, lengthy pole. They are absolutely not in control of the pole and that is just a bad accident waiting to happen. There are 100 things that could go wrong. Fortunately for all involved nothing did. This is nothing to celebrate. The coach and official should face consequences for allowing this farce.