Sports Ethic

1. Making sacrifices for the game.2. Striving for distinction3. Accepting risks and playing through pain4. Not accepting no limits in the pursuit of possibilities

These are the 4 dimensions that truly define an athlete and the ethic they must possess to play the game according to Hughes and Coakley. Sports ethic refers to the criteria of defining what it means to be a real athlete. 

Hughes and Coakley talk about how athletes conform to these dimensions and these dimensions begin to become a norm and become a distraction or a disruption to the everything in their lives. Their personal lives such as family, relationships, even their own health suffer from these norms. The reason this happens is because athletes love their sport, for some it is their life. Some athletes are so attached because they have been playing the sport at such a young age. I have experienced one of the four dimensions, I've experienced making sacrifices for the game. During the year I only get to spend about a month and a half at home the reason being is because I am at school training getting ready for the up-coming season. I do it because I love and care to much about my sport.