I'm an emotional player. I sometimes mutter swear words under my breath. Never directed at anyone, usually talking about my own shot. I also scream "IN!!!" when my shot is going to go out lol you guys???
When I play against someone I'm far better than, I let them grab some points before beating them. I feel guilty giving them false hope haha
I don't think muttering swear words qualify as bad sportsmanship. The "IN!!!-scream" and the "false hope" are good one though hehe...One thing I think qualifies as bad sportsmanship is when opponents have an unwillingness to declare that my/our shuttle has landed in, and play the "oh sorry I didn't see or hmmmm oh that was really close lets play a let"-card. Of course it can happen now and then but it shouldn't happen many times a set.
for me, i'm an emotional player too, and i have a bad habit of shouting (to motivate myself) sometimes when we're midcourt or close to the net right after the opponent hits a shot that is hard for me to get... but sometimes i think i unintentionally shout out as he hits or even just a tad before, and i know that can be a distraction to him... but i don't do it on purpose! ... it's just the heat of the moment...
I have a bad habit of swinging around my racket after losing points from making mistakes (esp when doing smash and it hits the net) my friend is even worse, he always shout to distract me, if it's out, he always shout, hit it! (I never fall for this thing though) when he is doing a shot, he also shout, trying to make it looks like a smash and then he did a drop shot it's really annoying the worst out of all, he did slice serve every now and then even after I said it's not legal
My worst habit is to always forget, unintentionally of course , to return the shuttle when it's fallen on my side of the court. I mean, I know that I should be doing it and I do it when I think about it but a lot of times, after a point is done, I simply turn back and walk towards the rear court as if automatically in a trance. I do it irrespective of whether I've won that point or lost it. Sometimes I remember and I turn back again mid way and give back the shuttle! My friends in the club do know though, that I don't do it on purpose and they don't mind... thankfully!!!
Not really bad sportsmanship but sometimes when I miff a shot into the net I toss my racket in the air (a couple of feet) in digust of my poor play. And sometimes I would say mutter to myself "Come On"...to motivate me to do better.
i find it hilarious when you have people who essentially tell themselves off for every bad shot. i once played a guy who gave himself a lecture, saying he was a stupid moron every time he made a mistake lol i think we've all been there [video=youtube;mcxPgLIWewk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcxPgLIWewk[/video]
mostly just yelling at myself come one!...nice shot genius!.... its probably funny to my opponents to hear the genius line
I sometime forget to shake hands with my opponents after the games. When I get tired, I tried to get someone to take my place, but forget to shake hands.
Then you'll laugh your ass off when you see me play. I am VERY hard on myself and even for errors that are not my responsibility or fault I swear at myself. The difference with my beginning years: I don't beat the living cr*p out of my racket anymore when a few bad points fly by. People at my club know my history and some of them are not convinced that even when I swear, I am at peace with my inner self. Next point next opportunity. Them saying "calm down" sometimes pisses me off more than a fault.
I actually don't consider this bad sportsmanship. I consider it cheating. As for sportsmanship, I'm bad for winding people up. For example, if I saw a guy like you yelling at himself for a bad shot I'd be saying to you, "Yeah you should yell at yourself that was a pretty stupid thing you did. You should have..... ". Also if I feel my opponent is taking to long to serve I'll put my hand up just as he is about to finally hit the shuttle.
if he knows the rules well, he'll just say that is illegal delay of play, since you indicated by your ready stance that you were already ready to receive
Indeed, however posing ready for serve for 15+ seconds is excessive. I'm not sure what the rule is concerning length of time needed to serve if one exists. However, if I wanted to haul out the rule book at my club, I'd pretty much win games on service faults alone.
^^ 15 secs?! that's a bit much... maybe he's intimidated by your aggresive receiving stance! if someone were to do that to me, i'd just do the same back to them and even longer ...
Well, I figured I would just mess with him. Really, my goal was just to send a subtle message that his serves were taking too long. I don't think it was my aggressive stance, he was doing it to everyone. He was just trying to stress people in their ready position for as long as possible.
