sportsmanship

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sportsmanship

Foul play

1998
Tess is looking forward to playing in her new soccer league, but she decides that if the team wants to win, she needs to get rid of the weaker players. Now her teammates need to teach her that teamwork is more important than winning. Includes a section of soccer tips.

His finest hour

1984
Ralph, hoping to impress the local bicycle racing team, uses his secret rocket engine in a race against his friend Dudley, but afterwards only Dudley is asked to join the team.

It's not about the bra

play hard, play fair, and put the fun back into competitive sports
2005
The author provides important advice to young athletes about sportsmanship, playing, winning, and losing with grace, and having respect for the game, the team, and opponents and shares some of her own personal experiences and lessons learned in those areas.

Chicken soup for the soul and Golf Digest present the golfbook

101 great stories from the course and the clubhouse
2009
Contains over one hundred short personal stories by and about golfers and the game.

Sportsmanship

1990
Examines the differences between good and bad sportsmanship.

The big win

2008
SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends in Bikini Bottom are looking forward to participating in the relay race, until Squidward's determination to win spoils everyone's fun.

I can play fairly

2005
Presents a children's book that focuses on playing fair at home, school, and in the community and gives examples of good sportsmanship, being a good winner as well as a good loser, and taking turns.

Reed

1998
When Reed, who considers himself to be a hotshot hockey player, injures a defenseman on his team, he is forced to take his place and comes to a new understanding of sportsmanship and being a team player.

The kid from Tomkinsville

1989
As the newest addition to the Brooklyn Dodgers, young Roy Tucker's pitching helps pull the team out of a slump; but, when a freak accident ends his career as a pitcher, he must try to find another place for himself on the team.

Benched

2011
Nine-year-old Ben, having been benched for aggressive play during an important soccer game, tries to figure out how he can help his team earn a spot in the tournament from the sidelines.

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