CrossFit Woodbridge will be at CrossFit Impavidus for the Capital Affiliate League so, if you remember send some good thoughts over to the five teams competing.
There were some great comments on the blog last night BUT, I wasn’t talking about the whole life challenge or anything we have going on here. Believe me, we won’t be having participation trophies here. All I wanted to know is how you think we, as a society should treat winners and losers and I think I got that from the comments. Here’s a follow on questions though; what do you say when someone loses?
Today:
“Angie”
100 pull-ups
100 push-up
100 sit-ups
100 squats
FOR TIME
I always congratulate a loser on their effort….
If someone gives 100% effort, but still loses… they are inspiring nonetheless. When I lose, I appreciate high-fives and cool head-nods from the bros.
A “good game” and a high five. There shouldnt be any difference (in public anyway) between a good loser and a gracious winner!
What about kids? What do you say to kids?
Kids get the same, a personal acknowledgement of some kind for their effort….that’s all…no trophy etc..
I agree with what everyone said above. “Great game” “well done” etc and ALWAYS be classy. I’m going to sound like a serious sap, but even if I’m the one who won, I always feel bad for the loser (if they tried their hardest). I hate seeing the crushed faces of a losing team. One of my favorite things to see during a competition is when somebody goes down, and somebody from the opposing team helps that person up. To me, that embodies the spirit of all competition. (In CF, that could be all the people gathering around the last person finishing the WOD and cheering him on). For kids, at least for mine, I feel there has to be some element of, “What could you have done better, do you think?” or “Excellent effort. What will you do different next time?” I think losing at something is a GREAT opportunity to talk to kids, in an empowering way, about opportunities for improvement.
Oh, and to everyone competing tomorrow, Go get ‘em!!!
You tell the loser the same thing you tell the winner…. what are you going to do now?… there is always someone coming up behind you, someone that its better, room for improvement and growth. You never stop. The loser has the same choice the winner has, will I stop or will I show up the next day for more. Kids can handle it too, they want honesty and truth, they want to know that when they fail you’ll still have their back. You don’t do them any favors by holding there hand through everything. Give a kid that security to let them try something and the freedom to epically fail at it and know that you’ll be there to help them pick up the pieces if they do… they will do more then just surprise you.