Kansas Wrestling Forums General Discussion High School Nice sportsmanship

Topic: Shaking opposing coaches hand after a match in a dual.

Yes, Kansas does it. But i think it stinks, its not poor sportsmanship because the competition is not over.

You make no sense, it takes alot of sportsmanship to shake a coaches hand after a loss

God forbid we waste 5 second of our lives shakings hands with the other coach, geez. What was our state thinking?

** In an extremly sarcastic tone **

What's the big deal of shaking the opposing coach's hand after a match. It's not like it takes a long time to walk a few extra feet to shake the coach's hand. And when you go over there after your match, the coach can congradgulate you or tell you better luck next time or stuff like that. There's no way he could tell you anything after the dual is over.

SOmetimes the obvious dont always make sense to some people

Isn't it standard practice to shake hands in almost EVERY sport? Doesn't the football team line up, walk across the field, and shake (well,kind of) hands with the opposing team AND the coaches? It shows class to shake hands with your opponent and their coach, win or lose.

I think that's the point that the above poster is making which would make sense for a dual when at the end you have to walk through and shake a coach's hand. In a tournament I think you should go over and shake a coach's hand after your match win or lose. In college there are a lot of guys that don't shake the opposing coach's hands.

i would like to see more people give opposing coaches the middle finger salute after losing duel matches.*


*note sarcasm

Well im glad that kansas is known as the "friendly state" im sure missiouri appreciates our sportsmanship with 3 consecutive wins in the metro classic.

Maybe we need to get more of a Kansas team from out west.

oh i know, lets bow to each other :rolleyes:

I see nothing wrong with shaking hands with your opponent and the other coach, and I even shake the official's hand as to say thanks for officiating and I respect the outcome of the match albeit whether by fall or Double OT or a decision on a questionable takedown, they have a job and have done it to their best ability, I show my respect by shaking their hand. other people's opinions differs, those are mine.

Alex

I also do it by joking with them in the lockeroom while doing skin checks, and also by making a freshman bend over in front of him (Ron Haag) right after he said not to do it, It was great!

For those of you who like to shake hands---shake away, but don't be high and mighty with those of us who think it's stupid as well as unsanitary. If I were a coach I would refuse to shake hands with wrestlers from the opposing team. Can you imagine if any other sport had all that hand shaking going on in the middle of competition? It's goofy.

Whats the big deal You don't shake hands in college.

it's high school not college, big difference, also in the attitudes i guess

If you don't want to shake the hands of the other coach I say don't do it, and shaking the official's hand I never seen people do that when I wrestled in High school just till here recently people started doing it. do you think it's gonna give you an advantage next time they ref your match or something.

This argument is stupid. Who cares whether you like it or not, it's done in Kansas, it's not done in Missouri. Get over it.

Suck up to the ref buddy because your going to need it!

I'm surprised by the differences of opinion...so I'm posting - not to bash, just to add my two cents.

I agree with Nigel, Curtis, and others. It's using 5 seconds to instill a little tradition where my son can learn the true meaning of "being a good sport".

One-on-one congrats after the heat of the battle, not like a long line of handshakes at the end, requires the individual to take personal ownership of his/her behavior.

Judging by some of the poor attempts to shake hands, it's been a worthy lesson that must be experienced many times before it's understood.

I was very impressed when I first saw this tradition and I still am today, if/when it's done with sincerity. It tells me a lot about the person.

My son benifited immensely and this lesson has been more important to me than his win/loss.