- Player Etiquette
- What's up with the fist making and the grunts? Shutup and keep your celebrations internal. It's borderline taunting.
- If you are warming up and you notice someone with a clipboard attempting to start a round at that table, stop your play and leave.
- Keep your coaching to a minimum. Anything longer than a minute is stalling, and any major adjustments that you aren't used to will just mess you up anyway.
- Keep the profanity under your breath or in your head. No need to spew offensive language at a family event.
- Feel free to compliment your opponent on a great shot
- Shake hands when the match is completed.
- Say the score aloud every time you serve.
- Be a good sport. If you don't look like you're having fun then it probably isn't.
- Spectator Etiquette
- Clap for your player when they make a good shot, not when the other guy simply messes up.
I'm sure I'll remember a few more and add to this list. Send me you're own thoughts and I'll add them to the list.
3 comments:
Good blog. I would add 'learn Chinese' and dominate them outside of the game :)
I agree with all of ur points, except for the grunting part. I don't find it disrespectful if my opponent does that after winning a point, I think chinese players employ it well to get into head of the opponents, we just have to get used to it.
I agree that its a tactic to try to annoy the opponent. It works. I don't feel its sportsmanlike though. Just because something isn't disallowed doesn't mean it should be acceptable.
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