The key about trash talk is knowing who can take it, and who can't. There is no point in talkin' shit to people who can block it out, because it won't affect them at all. I personally find myself immune to trash talk because I have a very strong mental aspect to my game. Similarly, there are those of us who can not take any talk at all. Settos for one struggles with this. His cryptonite is Stanford Steve, as soon as the video is played he bails hard. Meanwhile, Christine is a tank. Nothing you say can faze her. In the ESPN article supplemented so kindly by Mr. G, Richard Sherman is exemplified as a major trash talker. Anyone who watched the 2014 Conference championship against the 49ers will never forget his huge talk against wide receiver Michael Crabtree. I also really liked the article about trash talkers making better teammates. As an athlete, you always love to see someone have your back and you look to have others backs as well. The first player that comes to mind is Draymond Green (because I am currently watching the sorry-ass Warriors about to lose to the Cavs). Draymond has been constantly criticized over the past few years for his 'dirty play' and bad attitude during play. Sportscasters and opposing fans can call him a bad player all they want, but he won't care. He won't care because his teammates know he does it for them. He does it to win. I hate Draymond, but I can't help but respect him and his style of play, because until he was suspended last season, it was completely effective. The only aspect of his game that I can't respect is when he purposely kicks people. It is a such an immature action. The only other person who does that is Grayson Allen, and those types of players hurt their team, not help it. That is the key to trash talking. It's how far you can go without being detrimental to your organization and your teammates. My last thought is related to something Justin Tuck once said about how you can't be an effective trash talker if your game is "sorry." What he means by this is that if you aren't any good, people won't listen to what you have to say. You can talk all you want, but if you don't perform it won't matter. The reason why people listen so intently to Richard Sherman is because he backs it up with his performances on the gridiron. Sus was talkin mad smack the other day, but I beat him every time we matched up so his comments didn't affect my play, nor would they even if he somehow managed to dethrone me. Michael Jordan is one of the best trash talkers ever because he would tell you that you suck and then regardless of how good you are, he's make you look like you suck. #GOAT #MJ #MrsGiolitto
Trash talk can be used to get inside of your opponents to make them better or to make them worse. When some people are trash talked they become better because they want to show up the person that is talking to them. But for others when they are trash talked, they can't handle it and it makes them worse. That is one of the biggest reasons for trash talk, you try to get inside of the other team's head. For example, during the game of Jenga the trash talk made it 10x more intense than it actually was. But, in our class no one faltered under trash talk and they all benefitted from it. It seemed to make them better rather than worse. Trash talk increased the competition of our Jenga game. Everyone in the class responded to it by saying, I’m better than him, rather than letting them get under their skin. Trash talk is something you should let help you not hurt you, the best thing to do to a trash talker is to show them up. Talking back to them is exactly what they want from you. Trash talk is a way to communicate with the other team and make it so much more intense. We might not see the amount of action we do in basketball and football without trash talk. As said in an article from Elite Daily, “Trash talkers are the best teammates to have because they have the highest amounts of confidence”. This confidence can increase their team’s output and get really involved in the game. But, in order for trash talk to be effective you need to know what you’re saying. Some of the best ways is to talk on their abilities, or plays that they made. Also, if they hit you with something, you need to know how to hit back. The purpose of the trash talk is to get under the other team’s skin for an advantage. Steve Smith Sr, was one of the biggest trash talkers and he knew how to get under other players skins and how to really get in their heads. Trash talk is an efficient way to get under the other teams skins and create a competitive advantage for you and your team.
Trash talking is a key element to sports, some of the time it can be an essential part of beating out the competition. Though it takes certain skill to master the art of trash talking, that skill can become second nature like dribbling a basketball down the court. The up side to trash talking is that you can throw your opponent off guard, get into their head, and it can motivate you more. While there are pros to trash talking, negatives are just along side of the pros. The cons of trash talking is that it can cause penalties, you can become unfocused, and it could be a distraction. When one is receiving trash talk they should disregard what is being said. The opponent is clearly trying to get into your head if they are trash talking, so the best way to mentally react is to block out what they are saying and focus on your goal. Trash talk can affect many players game if they allow trash talk to distract them. They can become unfocused and start playing very sloppy and weak, which means the opponent accomplished their goal. Trash talk should be allowed in sports because if an athlete can master it and still compete on the field, it is to their advantage. It shouldn't be ban from sports because if the players can learn to ignore it, it's ineffective. Trash talk has been apart of sports history and is a key contributor to the athletic world. Good/effective trash talk is personal about the other person, or their actions. This type of trash talk affects the person on a personal level which is more prone to distracting them. A lot of the times if the trash talk is more personal and directed at a certain thing it is more effective. An athlete’s purpose to trash talking is to gain an advantage on their competitors, whether that be mentally, physically, or both. Many times this goal isn't accomplished for many reasons, but when it is executed correctly trash talk is a dangerous part of sports. Athletics are just as much mental as they are physical. Playing the actual game attacks the physical aspect, while trash talk attacks the mental aspect; hence why trash is an essential part to sports.
Depending on who you are, trash talk can be taken strongly or poorly. There are certain types of people who can take trash talking while not being immune to it at all. These types of people are not affected at all due to their emotions blocking it out. I find myself to be very into trash talking due to the way I get into my game and it does not seem to phase me. On the other end, there are people who can not take it due to their sensitivity towards the game. For people who cannot take it, they allow it to get into their head, which then affects their play. This is considered a benefit for the athlete who is talking trash. An athlete who is trash talking is attempting to get into their opponent's head and trying to create a distraction, which are advantages for them. While there are benefits to trash talking, it can also have a negative effect. Drawbacks of trash talking are that it can be a distraction for you and you can become unfocused. In my opinion, trash talking should be aloud in the game since it is not giving anyone a physical advantage over their opponent. It has been an effective part of sports for many years and I do not believe it should be eliminated. Additionally, when receiving trash talk, it should make people work harder due to the pressure of the game. People should adapt to trash talk and learn to ignore it and block it out of their game so it does not conflict with their goal.
Trash talk is one of the most commonly used tactics in sports. Whether it makes your opponents better or worse, depends on who is talking and who is receiving the talk. Some people, when they’re trash talked, become even better and work to prove that they can overcome the trash talk. Others, let trash talk get them down and lower their level of play. That is really the reason that athletes trash talk. To negatively affect the play of your opponents. It can be both positive and negative. People will either play better or worse after being trash talked. It truly depends on the player and how mentally tough the player is. This happened in Jenga, where people trash talked to get in the head of the person pulling out the block, to force them make a mistake. It made our games more intense and competitive. It was way more interesting and exciting than a normal Jenga game. Trash talk is a main component of sports. It is necessary to have in sports. It brings into a mental factor of the game, not just physical factors. Another thing that trash talking brings is confidence to the team. “Trash Talkers are the best teammates to have because they have the highest amounts of confidence,” said in an article from Elite Daily. An example of this is Draymond Green. The only players and fans that actually like him are from the Warriors. They like him because he represents his team and fights his hardest for his team. Everyone else does not like him because he is seen as arrogant and a classless player. Trash talk is a very important part of sports. It is a way to get inside the head of other athletes and give yourself a mental advantage. Effective trash talk is when you can successfully mentally affect an opposing player to make the player worse off.
Trash talking can be a game changer at times, but detrimental at others. Depending on the situation, late or early game, losing or winning, opponent or teammate, the intended effect could not work. There are many different ways people take in these “words of wisdom.” For some it doesn't affect their mental perspective on the game at all, for other it makes all the difference. It is hard to tell which person reacts in which way. This is why it's so hard to determine if trash talking is a method athletes should use to gain an edge on their opponents. In one of the articles listed on Schoology, it goes into depth of the boxing culture. The author uses this culture to show that all the greatest boxers of all time used trash talkin to gain an edge. For instance, Mike Tyson said he would eat his opponent's children. Eric Stevens, the author of this article, mentions that most of these boxing matches have already been won before the boxers even set foot in the ring. This is the psychology of trash talking. It shows that most of the most successful athletes are the ones that can dish out trash and deal with it well. Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Ali, etc. But why are these athletes so good at trash talking. Is it just how they were raised? Is it because they fail in other arenas of their lives? It is very hard to answer this question and there could be many right answers, but in my opinion, after watching these players talk, they have some sort of self confidence in them that cannot be taken away. They somehow know they are the best and when someone is overconfident and really good at their respective sport, the trash talking will be an absolute game changer.
Trash talking has always been a major factor during a sports game, and will continue to be major factor. Trash talking has the potential to completely change the momentum of a game for the better or for the worse. When receiving trash talk, a player could become weaker or a player could become stronger. A player could become weaker after receiving trash talk because it will intimidate them or even distract them. In fact, during the activity, I observed that trash talking could be very distracting to players. There were times during the activity when many people who were being trash talked became distracted and lacked their focus. Conversely, a player could become stronger after receiving trash talk because it will motivate them to do better or even keep them more focused. It all depends on what is going on inside of person’s head to truly understand effectiveness of trash talking. Based on the class activity, I do not believe trash talking was effective, because the Jenga tower did not fall down. I thought the trash talking would make people become less focused and cause the Jenga tower to fall down. Trash talking can motivate people because there were some risky moves made during the exercise. Oftentimes, trash talking may not have any direct impact on the game, but might have some impact on the player who was trash talked. Trash talk is one of the many entertaining aspects of sports. So, without it many can argue sports would not be as entertaining as usual.
Trash talking has both positive and negative results. Trash talk can lead to frustration and anger from the opposing team , which may lead to fighting or violence. Mentally focused and durable athletes can remain calm in the face of trash talk, but if players “let it affect their composure and emotional control” (Sport Psychology Today), there may be issues. Negative effects of trash talking can also fall upon the team doing the trash talking. The tendency to trash talk is associated with a win-at-all-costs mentality by the athlete, which is great for the competition, but it also comes with a “look at me” mentality form the athlete. In the long run, that will only set the athlete up for failure, not winning (Breaking Muscle). However, trash talking can also be beneficial to sports. Reggie Miller said that 70% of his trash talk was to motivate himself, whereas only 30% was actually for getting into his opponents’ heads (Elite Daily). Many athletes have used mind games to gain a psychological advantage over his or her opponent, such as all-time great Michael Jordan or well-known chatterbox Richard Sherman. Sherman famously talked trash to 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree in a post-game interview, which showed viewers what conversation is really like on the football field (ESPN). It is clear to see a trash talkers motivation or purpose: to get in the opponent’s head and to self-motivate. Trash talk should definitely be allowed in professional sports because it is part of the game, and what makes the sport so real. However, in high school and collegiate sports, there is a much heavier emphasis on sportsmanship and respectfulness, so trash talk should continue to be discouraged at those levels of playing.
There is an old saying that sports is just as much a mental game as it is physical game. Throughout the history of competitive sport, internal mental games, such as getting in the zone, imagery, and silence, play a key role in player performance. Comparatively, external mind games, such as trash talk, have equally lifted player performance and have made games much more competitive. Trash talk is proven to have lifted player performance. According to an article by Men’s Health, “Researchers somehow tracked down 40 college-age guys willing to play Madden NFL for course credit. When allowed to trash talk, the players’ confidence in their own ability increased by 46 percent, the study found. Their video game scores also tended to improve, according to the research.” This piece of evidence shows that the act of talking trash and trying to get into your opponent's head raises your own personal game. There are definitely drawbacks to talking trash though as it can become a distraction to your teammates. But although trash talk can shift the focus of the game and make it about something unrelated causing a distraction, getting in your opponent's head is an art that has been in use in sport for all time. If someone were to trash talk a player, the one receiving the trash talk has multiple ways to react. Either the player can begin jawing back at the talker or he can remain silent and let his game speak for itself. By doing either choice, the trash talks drags you into “a game within the game”. Trash talk in general is an attempt to get the player out of focus and out of their zone creating a mental game. You need to have a strong physique as well as a strong mind to be able to compete at a high level. Trash talk should most definitely be allowed in sports for it has always been a part of the game. Sports without any interaction with the opposing team is not as competitive. If an athlete can successfully get under the skin of their opponent by doing any legal means within the sport possible than that would be considered good trash talk. Any time where the athlete is thrown off of their zone and completely lose their focus because of trash talk is when it can really be seen to be successful.
Trash talk is a method used to skew the talent a certain athlete possesses. While it is unclear whether it is effective, it certainly does change the attitude of the athletes receiving the trash talk. I think a benefit is that in certain scenarios, trash talk can get into an athletes head and they are not as focused and are making too many decisions emotionally rather than using their knowledge. While this is the intent of trash talk, it could also work out for the worse as an athlete receiving the trash talk could become more focused, smarter, and become more determined. These pros and cons could go either way depending on the level of trash talk and how good the person who gives it is at giving it and how good the person is at receiving it. I think that the best way to react to trash talk is to just block it out. I think that when one starts having a serious reaction, things are more likely to get worse for the athlete rather than better so I think it is important for the athlete to block it out as best as possible. I also think that the person giving the trash talk could be negatively impacted because then it is clear that they themselves are not as focused. I think that trash talk should still be allowed in sports though because different people thrive in different ways so if one feels as if it helps to give trash talk, then so be it as long as it elevates the sport in general. I think that people on the receiving end also have a right to call athletes out if it gets out of hand. I think that good trash talk consists of following through on one's actions. It makes it a lot more demoralizing for the athlete receiving it if one is actually calling the things he or she does before they do it. Trash talk is easier if the person giving it is the superior athlete. An athlete's purpose in trash talk is to gain an extra edge on an opposing athlete that they could not get physically. Sports are just as mental as physical so if one could deteriorate an entire aspect of an opposing athlete, then huge advantages could be gained.
The key about trash talk is knowing who can take it, and who can't. There is no point in talkin' shit to people who can block it out, because it won't affect them at all. I personally find myself immune to trash talk because I have a very strong mental aspect to my game. Similarly, there are those of us who can not take any talk at all. Settos for one struggles with this. His cryptonite is Stanford Steve, as soon as the video is played he bails hard. Meanwhile, Christine is a tank. Nothing you say can faze her. In the ESPN article supplemented so kindly by Mr. G, Richard Sherman is exemplified as a major trash talker. Anyone who watched the 2014 Conference championship against the 49ers will never forget his huge talk against wide receiver Michael Crabtree. I also really liked the article about trash talkers making better teammates. As an athlete, you always love to see someone have your back and you look to have others backs as well. The first player that comes to mind is Draymond Green (because I am currently watching the sorry-ass Warriors about to lose to the Cavs). Draymond has been constantly criticized over the past few years for his 'dirty play' and bad attitude during play. Sportscasters and opposing fans can call him a bad player all they want, but he won't care. He won't care because his teammates know he does it for them. He does it to win. I hate Draymond, but I can't help but respect him and his style of play, because until he was suspended last season, it was completely effective. The only aspect of his game that I can't respect is when he purposely kicks people. It is a such an immature action. The only other person who does that is Grayson Allen, and those types of players hurt their team, not help it. That is the key to trash talking. It's how far you can go without being detrimental to your organization and your teammates. My last thought is related to something Justin Tuck once said about how you can't be an effective trash talker if your game is "sorry." What he means by this is that if you aren't any good, people won't listen to what you have to say. You can talk all you want, but if you don't perform it won't matter. The reason why people listen so intently to Richard Sherman is because he backs it up with his performances on the gridiron. Sus was talkin mad smack the other day, but I beat him every time we matched up so his comments didn't affect my play, nor would they even if he somehow managed to dethrone me. Michael Jordan is one of the best trash talkers ever because he would tell you that you suck and then regardless of how good you are, he's make you look like you suck. #GOAT #MJ #MrsGiolitto
ReplyDeleteTrash talk can be used to get inside of your opponents to make them better or to make them worse. When some people are trash talked they become better because they want to show up the person that is talking to them. But for others when they are trash talked, they can't handle it and it makes them worse. That is one of the biggest reasons for trash talk, you try to get inside of the other team's head. For example, during the game of Jenga the trash talk made it 10x more intense than it actually was. But, in our class no one faltered under trash talk and they all benefitted from it. It seemed to make them better rather than worse. Trash talk increased the competition of our Jenga game. Everyone in the class responded to it by saying, I’m better than him, rather than letting them get under their skin. Trash talk is something you should let help you not hurt you, the best thing to do to a trash talker is to show them up. Talking back to them is exactly what they want from you. Trash talk is a way to communicate with the other team and make it so much more intense. We might not see the amount of action we do in basketball and football without trash talk. As said in an article from Elite Daily, “Trash talkers are the best teammates to have because they have the highest amounts of confidence”. This confidence can increase their team’s output and get really involved in the game. But, in order for trash talk to be effective you need to know what you’re saying. Some of the best ways is to talk on their abilities, or plays that they made. Also, if they hit you with something, you need to know how to hit back. The purpose of the trash talk is to get under the other team’s skin for an advantage. Steve Smith Sr, was one of the biggest trash talkers and he knew how to get under other players skins and how to really get in their heads. Trash talk is an efficient way to get under the other teams skins and create a competitive advantage for you and your team.
ReplyDeleteTrash talking is a key element to sports, some of the time it can be an essential part of beating out the competition. Though it takes certain skill to master the art of trash talking, that skill can become second nature like dribbling a basketball down the court. The up side to trash talking is that you can throw your opponent off guard, get into their head, and it can motivate you more. While there are pros to trash talking, negatives are just along side of the pros. The cons of trash talking is that it can cause penalties, you can become unfocused, and it could be a distraction. When one is receiving trash talk they should disregard what is being said. The opponent is clearly trying to get into your head if they are trash talking, so the best way to mentally react is to block out what they are saying and focus on your goal. Trash talk can affect many players game if they allow trash talk to distract them. They can become unfocused and start playing very sloppy and weak, which means the opponent accomplished their goal. Trash talk should be allowed in sports because if an athlete can master it and still compete on the field, it is to their advantage. It shouldn't be ban from sports because if the players can learn to ignore it, it's ineffective. Trash talk has been apart of sports history and is a key contributor to the athletic world. Good/effective trash talk is personal about the other person, or their actions. This type of trash talk affects the person on a personal level which is more prone to distracting them. A lot of the times if the trash talk is more personal and directed at a certain thing it is more effective. An athlete’s purpose to trash talking is to gain an advantage on their competitors, whether that be mentally, physically, or both. Many times this goal isn't accomplished for many reasons, but when it is executed correctly trash talk is a dangerous part of sports. Athletics are just as much mental as they are physical. Playing the actual game attacks the physical aspect, while trash talk attacks the mental aspect; hence why trash is an essential part to sports.
ReplyDeleteDepending on who you are, trash talk can be taken strongly or poorly. There are certain types of people who can take trash talking while not being immune to it at all. These types of people are not affected at all due to their emotions blocking it out. I find myself to be very into trash talking due to the way I get into my game and it does not seem to phase me. On the other end, there are people who can not take it due to their sensitivity towards the game. For people who cannot take it, they allow it to get into their head, which then affects their play. This is considered a benefit for the athlete who is talking trash. An athlete who is trash talking is attempting to get into their opponent's head and trying to create a distraction, which are advantages for them. While there are benefits to trash talking, it can also have a negative effect. Drawbacks of trash talking are that it can be a distraction for you and you can become unfocused. In my opinion, trash talking should be aloud in the game since it is not giving anyone a physical advantage over their opponent. It has been an effective part of sports for many years and I do not believe it should be eliminated. Additionally, when receiving trash talk, it should make people work harder due to the pressure of the game. People should adapt to trash talk and learn to ignore it and block it out of their game so it does not conflict with their goal.
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ReplyDeleteTrash talk is one of the most commonly used tactics in sports. Whether it makes your opponents better or worse, depends on who is talking and who is receiving the talk. Some people, when they’re trash talked, become even better and work to prove that they can overcome the trash talk. Others, let trash talk get them down and lower their level of play. That is really the reason that athletes trash talk. To negatively affect the play of your opponents. It can be both positive and negative. People will either play better or worse after being trash talked. It truly depends on the player and how mentally tough the player is. This happened in Jenga, where people trash talked to get in the head of the person pulling out the block, to force them make a mistake. It made our games more intense and competitive. It was way more interesting and exciting than a normal Jenga game. Trash talk is a main component of sports. It is necessary to have in sports. It brings into a mental factor of the game, not just physical factors. Another thing that trash talking brings is confidence to the team. “Trash Talkers are the best teammates to have because they have the highest amounts of confidence,” said in an article from Elite Daily. An example of this is Draymond Green. The only players and fans that actually like him are from the Warriors. They like him because he represents his team and fights his hardest for his team. Everyone else does not like him because he is seen as arrogant and a classless player. Trash talk is a very important part of sports. It is a way to get inside the head of other athletes and give yourself a mental advantage. Effective trash talk is when you can successfully mentally affect an opposing player to make the player worse off.
ReplyDeleteTrash talking can be a game changer at times, but detrimental at others. Depending on the situation, late or early game, losing or winning, opponent or teammate, the intended effect could not work. There are many different ways people take in these “words of wisdom.” For some it doesn't affect their mental perspective on the game at all, for other it makes all the difference. It is hard to tell which person reacts in which way. This is why it's so hard to determine if trash talking is a method athletes should use to gain an edge on their opponents. In one of the articles listed on Schoology, it goes into depth of the boxing culture. The author uses this culture to show that all the greatest boxers of all time used trash talkin to gain an edge. For instance, Mike Tyson said he would eat his opponent's children. Eric Stevens, the author of this article, mentions that most of these boxing matches have already been won before the boxers even set foot in the ring. This is the psychology of trash talking. It shows that most of the most successful athletes are the ones that can dish out trash and deal with it well. Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Ali, etc. But why are these athletes so good at trash talking. Is it just how they were raised? Is it because they fail in other arenas of their lives? It is very hard to answer this question and there could be many right answers, but in my opinion, after watching these players talk, they have some sort of self confidence in them that cannot be taken away. They somehow know they are the best and when someone is overconfident and really good at their respective sport, the trash talking will be an absolute game changer.
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DeleteTrash talking has always been a major factor during a sports game, and will continue to be major factor. Trash talking has the potential to completely change the momentum of a game for the better or for the worse. When receiving trash talk, a player could become weaker or a player could become stronger. A player could become weaker after receiving trash talk because it will intimidate them or even distract them. In fact, during the activity, I observed that trash talking could be very distracting to players. There were times during the activity when many people who were being trash talked became distracted and lacked their focus. Conversely, a player could become stronger after receiving trash talk because it will motivate them to do better or even keep them more focused. It all depends on what is going on inside of person’s head to truly understand effectiveness of trash talking. Based on the class activity, I do not believe trash talking was effective, because the Jenga tower did not fall down. I thought the trash talking would make people become less focused and cause the Jenga tower to fall down. Trash talking can motivate people because there were some risky moves made during the exercise. Oftentimes, trash talking may not have any direct impact on the game, but might have some impact on the player who was trash talked. Trash talk is one of the many entertaining aspects of sports. So, without it many can argue sports would not be as entertaining as usual.
DeleteTrash talking has both positive and negative results. Trash talk can lead to frustration and anger from the opposing team , which may lead to fighting or violence. Mentally focused and durable athletes can remain calm in the face of trash talk, but if players “let it affect their composure and emotional control” (Sport Psychology Today), there may be issues. Negative effects of trash talking can also fall upon the team doing the trash talking. The tendency to trash talk is associated with a win-at-all-costs mentality by the athlete, which is great for the competition, but it also comes with a “look at me” mentality form the athlete. In the long run, that will only set the athlete up for failure, not winning (Breaking Muscle). However, trash talking can also be beneficial to sports. Reggie Miller said that 70% of his trash talk was to motivate himself, whereas only 30% was actually for getting into his opponents’ heads (Elite Daily). Many athletes have used mind games to gain a psychological advantage over his or her opponent, such as all-time great Michael Jordan or well-known chatterbox Richard Sherman. Sherman famously talked trash to 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree in a post-game interview, which showed viewers what conversation is really like on the football field (ESPN). It is clear to see a trash talkers motivation or purpose: to get in the opponent’s head and to self-motivate. Trash talk should definitely be allowed in professional sports because it is part of the game, and what makes the sport so real. However, in high school and collegiate sports, there is a much heavier emphasis on sportsmanship and respectfulness, so trash talk should continue to be discouraged at those levels of playing.
ReplyDeleteThere is an old saying that sports is just as much a mental game as it is physical game. Throughout the history of competitive sport, internal mental games, such as getting in the zone, imagery, and silence, play a key role in player performance. Comparatively, external mind games, such as trash talk, have equally lifted player performance and have made games much more competitive. Trash talk is proven to have lifted player performance. According to an article by Men’s Health, “Researchers somehow tracked down 40 college-age guys willing to play Madden NFL for course credit. When allowed to trash talk, the players’ confidence in their own ability increased by 46 percent, the study found. Their video game scores also tended to improve, according to the research.” This piece of evidence shows that the act of talking trash and trying to get into your opponent's head raises your own personal game. There are definitely drawbacks to talking trash though as it can become a distraction to your teammates. But although trash talk can shift the focus of the game and make it about something unrelated causing a distraction, getting in your opponent's head is an art that has been in use in sport for all time. If someone were to trash talk a player, the one receiving the trash talk has multiple ways to react. Either the player can begin jawing back at the talker or he can remain silent and let his game speak for itself. By doing either choice, the trash talks drags you into “a game within the game”. Trash talk in general is an attempt to get the player out of focus and out of their zone creating a mental game. You need to have a strong physique as well as a strong mind to be able to compete at a high level. Trash talk should most definitely be allowed in sports for it has always been a part of the game. Sports without any interaction with the opposing team is not as competitive. If an athlete can successfully get under the skin of their opponent by doing any legal means within the sport possible than that would be considered good trash talk. Any time where the athlete is thrown off of their zone and completely lose their focus because of trash talk is when it can really be seen to be successful.
ReplyDeleteTrash talk is a method used to skew the talent a certain athlete possesses. While it is unclear whether it is effective, it certainly does change the attitude of the athletes receiving the trash talk. I think a benefit is that in certain scenarios, trash talk can get into an athletes head and they are not as focused and are making too many decisions emotionally rather than using their knowledge. While this is the intent of trash talk, it could also work out for the worse as an athlete receiving the trash talk could become more focused, smarter, and become more determined. These pros and cons could go either way depending on the level of trash talk and how good the person who gives it is at giving it and how good the person is at receiving it. I think that the best way to react to trash talk is to just block it out. I think that when one starts having a serious reaction, things are more likely to get worse for the athlete rather than better so I think it is important for the athlete to block it out as best as possible. I also think that the person giving the trash talk could be negatively impacted because then it is clear that they themselves are not as focused. I think that trash talk should still be allowed in sports though because different people thrive in different ways so if one feels as if it helps to give trash talk, then so be it as long as it elevates the sport in general. I think that people on the receiving end also have a right to call athletes out if it gets out of hand. I think that good trash talk consists of following through on one's actions. It makes it a lot more demoralizing for the athlete receiving it if one is actually calling the things he or she does before they do it. Trash talk is easier if the person giving it is the superior athlete. An athlete's purpose in trash talk is to gain an extra edge on an opposing athlete that they could not get physically. Sports are just as mental as physical so if one could deteriorate an entire aspect of an opposing athlete, then huge advantages could be gained.
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