I certainly felt nervous and pressured about the trivia. I was worried that I might not know everything I should about sports. Because of that, I thought I was going to get pounded with trash talk. I got some lucky guesses and actually knew a few things. I didn't how well I'd fare with my narrow knowledge. I'm really only an avid baseball fan, weaker follower of the NBA, and only follow NFL in the postseason. When some of more other peers on the other team were not getting the correct answers that I would've answered, I actually felt confident. The other BIG piece was the jenga. While there's not a whole lot to Jenga, it is a strategical game still and I felt like I was going to get destroyed by the other team. I never did end up knocking the tower down. While I don't follow many college sports teams, I still do some research on D1 schools and knew some of the schools' names. I have to say overall with the quality of trashtalk, it was weak. Most of the trashtalk was scripted and directed at individuals more than about each other's teams.
(cont'd) This really wasn't an accurate simulation of trashtalk just because of the lack of quality. While some of the comments were well thought out and really roasted certain individuals, not everyone did their homework of thinking of trashtalk or were fully in the spirit talking smack to the other team. But I still felt pressured to be perfect and not being perfect is what allows there to be trashtalking in the first place.
I am a big fan of trash talking, especially in situations that are not exactly sports, but I try to avoid getting involved in it in sports I take very seriously. I rarely talk trash in lacrosse unless I receive trash talk from other people first. However it’s a completely different story for in class competitions. I truly believe I am better at almost every competition between classmates that we participate in. There are many benefits to trash talk, and my most favorite is getting into the other players’ heads as well as the laughing and reactions of everybody else. To me there is no better feeling when I am trash talking than knowing you made somebody underperform because of one of your chirps. One downside to trash talking is that I feel I must over perform in order to live up to how much I made fun of others who went before me. One should either ignore trash talk completely, or they could clap back and get the person back worse(my favorite way to do things). Good trash talk effectively gets into the person’s head and is personal, while also well known enough that it elicits a good reaction out of the crowd. I think there is no question that trash talk should be allowed in sports because mental toughness is a part of all games. If trash talk were not allowed, not only would it be almost impossible to enforce, but it would ruin many games that are mostly mental. For example Jenga is such a simple game that people need to rattle players in order to have any chance of ending the game early on.
Going into the trash talking competition, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I’m not good at trash talking other people or receiving trash talk, but in this situation, I handled the trash talk well. The one time someone trash talked me, I was able to pull out the Jenga block without knocking down the whole tower. I kept my cool and did not get frustrated. Most of the other kids didn’t really react to the trash talk too and were unfazed when it was their turn to take out their Jenga block. While frustrating the other team was one of the main benefits of trash talking, it did not occur in this competition. However, people who did trash-talk in this competition did experience a benefit: they were much more confident in competition and performed “better” than people who did not trash talk. These people experienced a phenomenon noticed by Gershon Tenebaum: talking trash “increases a player’s confidence and optimism, two important factors leading to better performance.” You could see it from the people who were in the competition. The people who did most of the trash talking held themselves in a way the showed confidence. They stood tall and moved with confidence around the room. The one downfall of their trash talk was that they became targets for trash talk in the future. People would intentionally target them with trash talk constantly in order to get even with them. What made their trash talk effective was that they weren’t sorry about what they said and they said it with confidence. As former Giants defensive end Justin Tuck said, "If you talk trash and you're sorry, it doesn't matter." Their trash talk had purpose and meaning. They were using it to try and get their opponent frustrated and angry so they would mess up. Everyone in the competition reacted to the trash talk the right way and didn’t get angry or frustrated from the trash talk. Trash talk should be included in sports because it’s been a tradition in sports for so long. It’s a skill and gives certain players an edge on their opponents. Without trash talk, sports would not be as interesting.
Trash talking is an essential part of competition and sports. Whether it has benefits or drawbacks all depends on the player that you are trash talking but you might as well try just to see if that player is the kind to be affected by trash talking. The benefits of trash talk are that it psychs out the opponent and can get them off their mental game. When it comes down to it in sports, confidence is what makes a great player and trash talk can decrease ones confidence at that moment in the game which can be catastrophic to their play. The drawbacks of trash talk is that you can make the other player more aggressive and play to prove the trash talker wrong. The main goal while receiving trash talk is to simply ignore it. If you just let it slide and remind yourself of your own game and confidence then you will be fine. Trash talk can undermine ones confidence and increases the competition between the two people talking. Trash talk should be allowed in sports regardless because it is usually apart of someones play if they are typical trash talkers. It also tests the player that is receiving the trash talk but if that player can still play well regardless of the talk, then it proves they are a solid player. Some of the best players in history have been big trash talkers because they have so much confidence in their own skills.trash talk is the kind that picks on the persons skills or what they have done in the past where they messed up in a game or did something obviously bad. If you keep going at it and eventually hit a nerve on the other player then you know you are successful and keep on bringing up that point. An athletes main purpose is to get the opponent off their game by bringing up their weaknesses. According to the articles, if an athlete in the professional level reacts to trash talking in a negative way then other teams notice and start to purposely trash talk that player.
Trash talking has many benefits, but it also has drawbacks. Trash talking can psych a player/competitor out. It can make a player feel nervous and/or intimidated, causing them to perform worse. Sometimes, during skiing, teammates stand on the side of the course and trash talk their teammates competitor. This can cause the competitor to get out of the “zone” and lose focus. Trash talking can also give a player/team/competitor more incentive to win and make them work harder. I know if I’m ever being heckled it will make me want to push myself more. Mentally, one should not take trash talking to heart. It should be brushed off, because letting it get into your head can negatively impact your performance. As evident in the articles, professional athletes that let trash talking get to them are often targeted. Good/effective trash talk is not mean. Targeting a competitor’s family, personal life, etc. is not an effective way of trash talking, it is just mean. Trash talking should be solely centered around one’s skills (or their lack thereof). An athlete’s purpose in trash talking is to intimidate the competition and make them perform worse. If an athlete can bring out the opponent’s weaknesses, their trash talking has worked. Trash talking, if done effectively, can give an athlete an advantage. The athletes that are effective trash talkers will often have an advantage over those who are not. Trash talking is a very important and interesting part of sports, and makes sports not only about being physically tough but also mentally tough.
Trash talking has both benefits and drawbacks to both the talker and the receiver. People who trash talk often come across as rude, entitled, and overconfident. However, it may boost their confidence and give them the ability to win. People who are targeted by trash talk often lose focus. They feel as if they aren't good enough to win and get tripped up. However, when people trash talk you, it is important to ignore it. They are doing it to distract you from your game and catch you off guard. Often times, it is uncalled for, but is done because a player on the opposing team sees an opportunity to affect your game. Trash talk can negatively impact gameplay, but this doesn't mean that it should be banned from sports. Trash talk is fun, especially when the person you are trash talking has a lack of skill important to the game. It is important to ignore trash talk. If you take it personally, it will most certainly affect your playing. Good/effective trash talk is not mean, but should pick on their mistakes. Bringing up personal issues is not trash talk. Trash talk consists of making jokes regarding ability and performance in the game. The trash talk activity we did scared me at first. I was worried about what would be said about me. However, I found what was said to be funny, as I accept my mistakes and my past. I enjoyed the activity, as I was still able to successfully complete my moves in Jenga, despite what was being said about me.
Trash talking through sports or activities has many benefits and weaknesses. Trash talking can effect the team receiving it by messing with their heads and causing them to fumble. The targets of trash talking usually drop focus and become so concentrated on what the opposing people or team are going to say to them or how bad its going to be or even how badly they may mess up. Trash talking also brings the self esteem up of the team saying the thing. The team saying the trash talk usually becomes very riled up and very confident. What can become prevalent is that both teams loose focus and both just worry about the talk and less about the real sport or activity that should be going on. Sometimes trash talking goes a step to far and teams get very angry and could possibly benefit them to take there anger out on the game and do better, then the trash talking team could possibly fumble. I enjoyed playing the Jenga trivia game because some of the trash talk was humorous and not targeting each player so directly. Trash talk that is so direct is sometimes perceived as being plain mean or harassing others. When it is just about their mistakes or humorous they can loose focus to them stumble or fail at something. The team that is getting hit with the trash talk during Jenga felt better after succeeding in jenga while being talked at. I thought jenga may not have been to the full extent of what some real sporting events get too, but it gave a good sense of the feelings you get when being trash talked at and possible hype you receive when saying the trash talk or even overcoming it.
Trash talking should not be allowed in sports when it gets very personal or extra aggressive repeatedly on one person. Trash talking is more effective when it is not just straight up mean. Being mean to a player and harassing them trying to get them to mess up is not considered good trash talk. Good Trash talk I think would be a few of even one good strong statement against a person or team to make them mess up quickly after u say it or do something good for your own team to make it effective and good. It is not effective when it is a team just saying rude comments and nothing happening to benefit you.
Before the trash talk competition, I wasn't sure how the class would act and how it would affect myself and my team. I don't really trash talk that much, I think it's part of my personality and I don't care that much about rattling the competition. For the Jenga game, I don't think I got any of the questions right, but wasn't really trash talked by the other team. I think that because it wasn't a real sport, it's harder to trash talk since the people playing aren't doing anything besides answering questions and picking a Jenga block. For the second competition, I was much better with the college logos. Again, I think the class didn't really trash talk that much. I think that it is really hard to simulate trash talking outside of a real sports environment. That being said, I think the class did a good job of trying to trash talk each person and coming up with unique lines. I think that trash talking is a fun part of watching and playing sports, and I saw how it was able to distract some people. Like the articles said, trash talking can lower confidence and rattle the person who is being talked to. I felt and witnessed this during class, but I don't think to a great extent since it was just a trivia and Jenga game. I think that if taken too far, trash talking can have negative effects by hurting people's feelings and distracting them, but it also makes watching or playing a sport more entertaining. I think that it can be effective if the content is appropriate and said in a joking way.
I have been heavily immersed in sports for most of my childhood. The idea of trash talking didn’t start until middle school and high school, but since then I have experienced a lot of it. Going into our trash talking competition I knew playing Jenga while being the subject of trash talk would be tough, and my prediction was right. Being trash talked while trying to delicately take out a Jenga piece was hard because it took lots of concentration. This can be compared to trash talking in real sports. Trash talking in sports has benefits and drawbacks. A benefit of trash talking is that it disrupts a player mentally. Playing sports requires lots of mental attention and having your “head in the game”, and trash talking can make a player think about other things. Also, playing sports at a high level requires confidence in yourself. An effective style of trash talking is using phrases that will lower the player’s confidence. A drawback of trash talking is that it lowers your dignity and will make you look much worse if you end up losing the game. Also, some players can use being trash talked as a way to get angry and translate this anger into their play. Trash talk can affect gameplay both positively and negatively. A game between to rivals is very competitive, and trash talk can enhance the competitiveness of a game. However, trash talking can be taken to the extent where it overshadows the gameplay and takes away the fun of the game. The question as to whether trash talk should be allowed in sports strongly depends on the extent and intent of the trash talk. Obviously, occasional trash talk that is not hurtful is good for the game. However, when trash talk gets to extent where it becomes hurtful and offensive it hurts the game.
In our game of trash talk jenga, as funny as some of the comments were, the trash talk didn’t have a clear effect on who won and who lost. Despite from the disappointing results, I still believe trash talk has the power to be the deciding factor between winning and losing in many competitive scenarios. Using words to give yourself an advantage can be great and all but all benefits have their drawbacks. Trash talk can help to lower your opponent's confidence, which will also result in you boosting your own confidence. This change in mentality for both players can directly impact their decision making skills for the rest of the game. In varsity level sports a clear head is key to being able to win games. The best way to react to trash talk is to try to ignore it by focusing more on your duty in the game or thinking of something else to get your mind off the topic. Not everyone can deflect good trash talk but some can and that's when the drawbacks of it come in. Besides for the obvious penalties you can acquire from talking trash, you can seriously embarrass yourself which will only result in either boosting your opponent's confidence or dropping your own. If your trash talk isn’t funny or just doesn't rattle your opponent you can be seriously humiliated because you’ll just look like a foul who said a bad joke. Another way you can embarrass yourself is by talking trash without being able to back it up on the field or on the court because at the end of the day the winner always gets the last laugh. Effective trash talk usually has to either include something personal your opponent is embarrassed about or some type of critic on their bad performance in the game you are playing in. In most cases athletes utilize trash talk to gain an advantage over their opponent but other times it’s just to be mean to your opponent which brings up the other side of the argument. People believe that trash talk shouldn't be allowed in sports because it just brings a mean spirited aspect to sports but personally I think it should be allowed because it contributes to, the competition, the main purpose of sports.
I felt confident going into the game as I had a history with baseball, but as the game progressed I was surprised about the skill required to hit the ball with the much lighter and thinner bat. My team personally got off to a slow start and we found ourselves down 4-0 pretty quickly. I couldn’t get the ball out of the infield for the first few at bats and I started doubting my skills. I thought this would end up like a classic blowout where one team dominated. Just like the cbs article I read, only one team goes home happy and I didn’t want to be the one that went home sad. We started turning the game around and all of a sudden when we tied up the game and took the lead the other team’s mood suddenly changed. They no longer were smiling, laughing and acting all cocky. They were now losing and they knew they were choking the game away that they so easily could have won. My team on the other hand suddenly got new energy and everyone started hitting well. I hit 2 deep outfield hits that cleared the bases and suddenly we had a commanding lead. At the end of the game my team won and we were ecstatic. At first I thought the other team would be salty that we came back and won but I guess they realized it was just an english class scrimmage. Still, winning is winning, and it felt pretty great.
I certainly felt nervous and pressured about the trivia. I was worried that I might not know everything I should about sports. Because of that, I thought I was going to get pounded with trash talk. I got some lucky guesses and actually knew a few things. I didn't how well I'd fare with my narrow knowledge. I'm really only an avid baseball fan, weaker follower of the NBA, and only follow NFL in the postseason. When some of more other peers on the other team were not getting the correct answers that I would've answered, I actually felt confident. The other BIG piece was the jenga. While there's not a whole lot to Jenga, it is a strategical game still and I felt like I was going to get destroyed by the other team. I never did end up knocking the tower down. While I don't follow many college sports teams, I still do some research on D1 schools and knew some of the schools' names. I have to say overall with the quality of trashtalk, it was weak. Most of the trashtalk was scripted and directed at individuals more than about each other's teams.
ReplyDelete(cont'd) This really wasn't an accurate simulation of trashtalk just because of the lack of quality. While some of the comments were well thought out and really roasted certain individuals, not everyone did their homework of thinking of trashtalk or were fully in the spirit talking smack to the other team. But I still felt pressured to be perfect and not being perfect is what allows there to be trashtalking in the first place.
ReplyDeleteI am a big fan of trash talking, especially in situations that are not exactly sports, but I try to avoid getting involved in it in sports I take very seriously. I rarely talk trash in lacrosse unless I receive trash talk from other people first. However it’s a completely different story for in class competitions. I truly believe I am better at almost every competition between classmates that we participate in. There are many benefits to trash talk, and my most favorite is getting into the other players’ heads as well as the laughing and reactions of everybody else. To me there is no better feeling when I am trash talking than knowing you made somebody underperform because of one of your chirps. One downside to trash talking is that I feel I must over perform in order to live up to how much I made fun of others who went before me. One should either ignore trash talk completely, or they could clap back and get the person back worse(my favorite way to do things). Good trash talk effectively gets into the person’s head and is personal, while also well known enough that it elicits a good reaction out of the crowd. I think there is no question that trash talk should be allowed in sports because mental toughness is a part of all games. If trash talk were not allowed, not only would it be almost impossible to enforce, but it would ruin many games that are mostly mental. For example Jenga is such a simple game that people need to rattle players in order to have any chance of ending the game early on.
ReplyDeleteGoing into the trash talking competition, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I’m not good at trash talking other people or receiving trash talk, but in this situation, I handled the trash talk well. The one time someone trash talked me, I was able to pull out the Jenga block without knocking down the whole tower. I kept my cool and did not get frustrated. Most of the other kids didn’t really react to the trash talk too and were unfazed when it was their turn to take out their Jenga block. While frustrating the other team was one of the main benefits of trash talking, it did not occur in this competition. However, people who did trash-talk in this competition did experience a benefit: they were much more confident in competition and performed “better” than people who did not trash talk. These people experienced a phenomenon noticed by Gershon Tenebaum: talking trash “increases a player’s confidence and optimism, two important factors leading to better performance.” You could see it from the people who were in the competition. The people who did most of the trash talking held themselves in a way the showed confidence. They stood tall and moved with confidence around the room. The one downfall of their trash talk was that they became targets for trash talk in the future. People would intentionally target them with trash talk constantly in order to get even with them. What made their trash talk effective was that they weren’t sorry about what they said and they said it with confidence. As former Giants defensive end Justin Tuck said, "If you talk trash and you're sorry, it doesn't matter." Their trash talk had purpose and meaning. They were using it to try and get their opponent frustrated and angry so they would mess up. Everyone in the competition reacted to the trash talk the right way and didn’t get angry or frustrated from the trash talk. Trash talk should be included in sports because it’s been a tradition in sports for so long. It’s a skill and gives certain players an edge on their opponents. Without trash talk, sports would not be as interesting.
ReplyDeleteTrash talking is an essential part of competition and sports. Whether it has benefits or drawbacks all depends on the player that you are trash talking but you might as well try just to see if that player is the kind to be affected by trash talking. The benefits of trash talk are that it psychs out the opponent and can get them off their mental game. When it comes down to it in sports, confidence is what makes a great player and trash talk can decrease ones confidence at that moment in the game which can be catastrophic to their play. The drawbacks of trash talk is that you can make the other player more aggressive and play to prove the trash talker wrong. The main goal while receiving trash talk is to simply ignore it. If you just let it slide and remind yourself of your own game and confidence then you will be fine. Trash talk can undermine ones confidence and increases the competition between the two people talking. Trash talk should be allowed in sports regardless because it is usually apart of someones play if they are typical trash talkers. It also tests the player that is receiving the trash talk but if that player can still play well regardless of the talk, then it proves they are a solid player. Some of the best players in history have been big trash talkers because they have so much confidence in their own skills.trash talk is the kind that picks on the persons skills or what they have done in the past where they messed up in a game or did something obviously bad. If you keep going at it and eventually hit a nerve on the other player then you know you are successful and keep on bringing up that point. An athletes main purpose is to get the opponent off their game by bringing up their weaknesses. According to the articles, if an athlete in the professional level reacts to trash talking in a negative way then other teams notice and start to purposely trash talk that player.
ReplyDeleteTrash talking has many benefits, but it also has drawbacks. Trash talking can psych a player/competitor out. It can make a player feel nervous and/or intimidated, causing them to perform worse. Sometimes, during skiing, teammates stand on the side of the course and trash talk their teammates competitor. This can cause the competitor to get out of the “zone” and lose focus. Trash talking can also give a player/team/competitor more incentive to win and make them work harder. I know if I’m ever being heckled it will make me want to push myself more. Mentally, one should not take trash talking to heart. It should be brushed off, because letting it get into your head can negatively impact your performance. As evident in the articles, professional athletes that let trash talking get to them are often targeted. Good/effective trash talk is not mean. Targeting a competitor’s family, personal life, etc. is not an effective way of trash talking, it is just mean. Trash talking should be solely centered around one’s skills (or their lack thereof). An athlete’s purpose in trash talking is to intimidate the competition and make them perform worse. If an athlete can bring out the opponent’s weaknesses, their trash talking has worked. Trash talking, if done effectively, can give an athlete an advantage. The athletes that are effective trash talkers will often have an advantage over those who are not. Trash talking is a very important and interesting part of sports, and makes sports not only about being physically tough but also mentally tough.
ReplyDeleteTrash talking has both benefits and drawbacks to both the talker and the receiver. People who trash talk often come across as rude, entitled, and overconfident. However, it may boost their confidence and give them the ability to win. People who are targeted by trash talk often lose focus. They feel as if they aren't good enough to win and get tripped up. However, when people trash talk you, it is important to ignore it. They are doing it to distract you from your game and catch you off guard. Often times, it is uncalled for, but is done because a player on the opposing team sees an opportunity to affect your game. Trash talk can negatively impact gameplay, but this doesn't mean that it should be banned from sports. Trash talk is fun, especially when the person you are trash talking has a lack of skill important to the game. It is important to ignore trash talk. If you take it personally, it will most certainly affect your playing. Good/effective trash talk is not mean, but should pick on their mistakes. Bringing up personal issues is not trash talk. Trash talk consists of making jokes regarding ability and performance in the game. The trash talk activity we did scared me at first. I was worried about what would be said about me. However, I found what was said to be funny, as I accept my mistakes and my past. I enjoyed the activity, as I was still able to successfully complete my moves in Jenga, despite what was being said about me.
ReplyDeleteTrash talking through sports or activities has many benefits and weaknesses. Trash talking can effect the team receiving it by messing with their heads and causing them to fumble. The targets of trash talking usually drop focus and become so concentrated on what the opposing people or team are going to say to them or how bad its going to be or even how badly they may mess up. Trash talking also brings the self esteem up of the team saying the thing. The team saying the trash talk usually becomes very riled up and very confident. What can become prevalent is that both teams loose focus and both just worry about the talk and less about the real sport or activity that should be going on. Sometimes trash talking goes a step to far and teams get very angry and could possibly benefit them to take there anger out on the game and do better, then the trash talking team could possibly fumble. I enjoyed playing the Jenga trivia game because some of the trash talk was humorous and not targeting each player so directly. Trash talk that is so direct is sometimes perceived as being plain mean or harassing others. When it is just about their mistakes or humorous they can loose focus to them stumble or fail at something. The team that is getting hit with the trash talk during Jenga felt better after succeeding in jenga while being talked at. I thought jenga may not have been to the full extent of what some real sporting events get too, but it gave a good sense of the feelings you get when being trash talked at and possible hype you receive when saying the trash talk or even overcoming it.
ReplyDeleteTrash talking should not be allowed in sports when it gets very personal or extra aggressive repeatedly on one person. Trash talking is more effective when it is not just straight up mean. Being mean to a player and harassing them trying to get them to mess up is not considered good trash talk. Good Trash talk I think would be a few of even one good strong statement against a person or team to make them mess up quickly after u say it or do something good for your own team to make it effective and good. It is not effective when it is a team just saying rude comments and nothing happening to benefit you.
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ReplyDeleteBefore the trash talk competition, I wasn't sure how the class would act and how it would affect myself and my team. I don't really trash talk that much, I think it's part of my personality and I don't care that much about rattling the competition. For the Jenga game, I don't think I got any of the questions right, but wasn't really trash talked by the other team. I think that because it wasn't a real sport, it's harder to trash talk since the people playing aren't doing anything besides answering questions and picking a Jenga block. For the second competition, I was much better with the college logos. Again, I think the class didn't really trash talk that much. I think that it is really hard to simulate trash talking outside of a real sports environment. That being said, I think the class did a good job of trying to trash talk each person and coming up with unique lines. I think that trash talking is a fun part of watching and playing sports, and I saw how it was able to distract some people. Like the articles said, trash talking can lower confidence and rattle the person who is being talked to. I felt and witnessed this during class, but I don't think to a great extent since it was just a trivia and Jenga game. I think that if taken too far, trash talking can have negative effects by hurting people's feelings and distracting them, but it also makes watching or playing a sport more entertaining. I think that it can be effective if the content is appropriate and said in a joking way.
ReplyDeleteI have been heavily immersed in sports for most of my childhood. The idea of trash talking didn’t start until middle school and high school, but since then I have experienced a lot of it. Going into our trash talking competition I knew playing Jenga while being the subject of trash talk would be tough, and my prediction was right. Being trash talked while trying to delicately take out a Jenga piece was hard because it took lots of concentration. This can be compared to trash talking in real sports. Trash talking in sports has benefits and drawbacks. A benefit of trash talking is that it disrupts a player mentally. Playing sports requires lots of mental attention and having your “head in the game”, and trash talking can make a player think about other things. Also, playing sports at a high level requires confidence in yourself. An effective style of trash talking is using phrases that will lower the player’s confidence. A drawback of trash talking is that it lowers your dignity and will make you look much worse if you end up losing the game. Also, some players can use being trash talked as a way to get angry and translate this anger into their play. Trash talk can affect gameplay both positively and negatively. A game between to rivals is very competitive, and trash talk can enhance the competitiveness of a game. However, trash talking can be taken to the extent where it overshadows the gameplay and takes away the fun of the game. The question as to whether trash talk should be allowed in sports strongly depends on the extent and intent of the trash talk. Obviously, occasional trash talk that is not hurtful is good for the game. However, when trash talk gets to extent where it becomes hurtful and offensive it hurts the game.
ReplyDeleteIn our game of trash talk jenga, as funny as some of the comments were, the trash talk didn’t have a clear effect on who won and who lost. Despite from the disappointing results, I still believe trash talk has the power to be the deciding factor between winning and losing in many competitive scenarios. Using words to give yourself an advantage can be great and all but all benefits have their drawbacks. Trash talk can help to lower your opponent's confidence, which will also result in you boosting your own confidence. This change in mentality for both players can directly impact their decision making skills for the rest of the game. In varsity level sports a clear head is key to being able to win games. The best way to react to trash talk is to try to ignore it by focusing more on your duty in the game or thinking of something else to get your mind off the topic. Not everyone can deflect good trash talk but some can and that's when the drawbacks of it come in. Besides for the obvious penalties you can acquire from talking trash, you can seriously embarrass yourself which will only result in either boosting your opponent's confidence or dropping your own. If your trash talk isn’t funny or just doesn't rattle your opponent you can be seriously humiliated because you’ll just look like a foul who said a bad joke. Another way you can embarrass yourself is by talking trash without being able to back it up on the field or on the court because at the end of the day the winner always gets the last laugh. Effective trash talk usually has to either include something personal your opponent is embarrassed about or some type of critic on their bad performance in the game you are playing in. In most cases athletes utilize trash talk to gain an advantage over their opponent but other times it’s just to be mean to your opponent which brings up the other side of the argument. People believe that trash talk shouldn't be allowed in sports because it just brings a mean spirited aspect to sports but personally I think it should be allowed because it contributes to, the competition, the main purpose of sports.
ReplyDeleteI felt confident going into the game as I had a history with baseball, but as the game progressed I was surprised about the skill required to hit the ball with the much lighter and thinner bat. My team personally got off to a slow start and we found ourselves down 4-0 pretty quickly. I couldn’t get the ball out of the infield for the first few at bats and I started doubting my skills. I thought this would end up like a classic blowout where one team dominated. Just like the cbs article I read, only one team goes home happy and I didn’t want to be the one that went home sad. We started turning the game around and all of a sudden when we tied up the game and took the lead the other team’s mood suddenly changed. They no longer were smiling, laughing and acting all cocky. They were now losing and they knew they were choking the game away that they so easily could have won. My team on the other hand suddenly got new energy and everyone started hitting well. I hit 2 deep outfield hits that cleared the bases and suddenly we had a commanding lead. At the end of the game my team won and we were ecstatic. At first I thought the other team would be salty that we came back and won but I guess they realized it was just an english class scrimmage. Still, winning is winning, and it felt pretty great.
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