Question

Given below are five main qualities for true sportsmanship.

i.	Determination
ii.	Optimisation
iii.	Stamina
iv.	Perseverance
v.	Decisiveness

Get into groups of four. Each group will choose one quality to talk about to the whole class for about one minute. But before you talk, you have two minutes to think about it. You can make notes if you wish.

Answer 1

• Group A: Determination

1. It is said that desire is the key to motivation, but it is determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit, a commitment to excellence, that will help in attaining success. Being determined gives strength to push. Even when you don’t want to, just knowing you should will give you that extra bump in the right direction.
2. All great achievers in life have made it where they are today due to their hard work, commitment, and determination. Everything is a work in progress at some point and with the strength of determination, it becomes an achievement in time. Prioritizing your life helps you keep your goals in check and likewise makes them easier to accomplish.
3. Michael Jordon’s high school basketball coach refused to take him on the team. Jordan did not agree or accept what his coach said. Every day after school he practiced and practiced and practiced. He did not give up until he sunk one thousand successful shots. His determination drove him to achieve ultimate success in life. With the help of a good set of priorities to overcome and conquer the reflection he faced, when his coach told him he was not good enough, he succeeded overall.

• Group B: Optimization

1. Optimization is the process of adjusting a trading system in an attempt to make it effective. Some people think that the best kind of life is one that is filled with family. Some may think that it is concerning living life without any regrets and being prosperous, healthy, and having someone to share it all with.

2. Making choices can affect any and everything in life. According to George Terry, “Decision making is the selection based on some criteria from two or more possible alternatives.” It is. part of problem-solving. Optimization is making the maximum use or benefit of that right decision taken. Schooling is imperative in one's early period of life. Where to study has always been a choice that parents take for giving quality education. To tap the maximum, the parent tries to optimize the sources available.

3. No one in this world wants less. Everything must be perfect. From the household machines to stationeries, tools, equipment, furniture, house, etc., its output must be maximum.

4. True optimization is the revolutionary contribution of modem research to decision processes.

• Group C: Stamina

1. “Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.” – Muhammad Ali.

2. Stamina not only refers to physical strength but mental strength too -the grit. It is the ability to sustain over time, to call from ourselves renewed commitment and effort when we are confronted with challenges or hardship. Stamina helps in tolerating discomfort and reach for resources we are not certain we possess. Stamina means that we remain steadfast even through criticism, monotony, and discouraging odds.

3. When a person is able to accomplish or withstand a higher amount of effort than their original capabilities, their endurance is increasing which to many personnel indicates progress in looking to improve one's stamina. If higher repetitions are taken rapidly muscle strength improves. A gain in stamina decreases anxiety, depression, and stress. Stamina is the ability of a force to sustain high levels of combat potential relative to its opponent. Thus stamina refers to keep going through a tough situation involving hardship, stress, etc.

• Group D: Perseverance

1. A patient person with strong determination can achieve his goal by perseverance. Perseverance is the secret of success. Without it, no great achievement is possible. Every action has its reaction. So hard labour has no alternative. It must yield results. “Rome was not built in a day;” likewise monuments, palaces, forts, etc., were built only by long and hard labour. It is through the perseverance of thousands of diligent men that such magnificent structures can be erected.

2. Perseverance means the constant or persistent dedication of efforts, time, and mind in doing some activity irrespective of difficulties and delays in achieving the ultimate goal or success. In the ecosystem, the survival of the fittest also relates to the perseverance mechanism. Success need not always be in the bags of intelligent people. There are some intelligent people who are reluctant and lethargic; so they don’t use their ideas, skills, or even labour in the right way. On the other hand, one who is determined, focused, and does not give up by facing failures achieves the final goal. “Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.”

• Group E: Decisiveness

1. The core quality of a leader is decisiveness. When decisions need to be made effective leaders gather facts, analyze the situation, consider alternatives and decide the best course of action. Decisiveness is a great quality that does not allow you to procrastinate or stand around wringing the hands. They move on. Decisive leaders understand that their decisions may not be perfect and therefore modifications. maybe needed. They don’t hesitate to modify or alter their decisions. Making good decisions is too important to be left to chance. Emotions have a huge influence over the quality of decision making, preventing from making sound judgments.

2. Decisiveness is the willingness to make decisions, even in the face of complexity or uncertainty. When we are decisive, we weigh the information that is available to us and we use our judgment to choose among the possibilities. It is easier to be decisive when we are clear about our values and goals. Perfect clarity will never be available and indecision can be costly. So taking the decision and going ahead with the plan is important. Decisiveness is dared to do with the right motive, which is an essential quality every person must acquire.