parents reporter on the playing fields can be just as bad sports if their children the UK's school children find it difficult to lose graciously in sport, and their parents can be just as bad, a survey has suggested.Two-thirds of parents of eight to 16-year-olds said that their children responded badly when they lost, the poll found.
A further two-thirds of the respondents said parents misbehaving when watching children matches.
Some 1,007 1008 parents and children in the age of eight to 16 were questioned for the survey by opinion matters.
Parents who were questioned described other parents if the opposition mocking and even using foul language with the referee or umpire.
Sulking, getting upset and crying were some of the most common antics of sore losers — whether they were parents or children.
A child in the survey described how after they beat someone at squash, their opponent kicked the wall and broke two of their toes.
Other recalled a teammate who swore loudly when he lost, then ran and locked themselves in the toilets.However, it was not all bad news: 96% of parents said their children were refined in the victory.
And three quarters of the children said they shook hands with the opposition after losing the game.
In response, the Marylebone Cricket Club and the Cricket Foundation, which commissioned the study, sportsmanship lessons to schools from the beginning of the summer term.
The spirit of Cricket initiative teaches how to win and lose polite 4,000 young people in State schools.
"Valuable lessons 'On MCC head of cricket John Stephenson says: "want to win and try your hardest is important for anyone playing sport, young or old."
He added that the scheme merits of "healthy competition" highlighted as a win-at-all-costs mentality to discourage.
Wasim Khan, former county cricketer and chief executive of the Foundation, said the Cricket initiative learned "young people one of the most valuable lessons in life: how to claim victory and defeat accept promises".
"We want a child to ' keep a straight bat ', don't act like a sporty brat," he said.
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