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	Gamesmanship
		Players who resort to gamesmanship, and are penalised by the Referee, should never bemoan that they have taken their chance, but have been caught out by an astute Referee.
		The result being that everyone became aware of the war-of-words between the rival managers; and all done to create some sort of advantage to enable one team or the other to have an edge over the other team, as the championship race for number one spot in the league was drawing to a close.
		Gamesmanship acts (or supposed gamesmanship acts) and how they are dealt with by the Referee, can only ever favour one team.
	www.carosi.freeserve.co.uk /corshamreferee/gamesman.htm (3379 words)

	Gamesmanship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gamesmanship is the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win a game, such as golf or snooker.
		Stephen Potter cites the origin of gamesmanship to be a tennis match between himself and the philosopher C.
		The term "gamesmanship" is also used for similar techniques used in non-game situations, such as negotiations and elections.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gamesmanship (792 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Gamesmanship
		Negotiation is the process where interested parties resolve disputes, agree upon courses of action, bargain for individual or collective advantage, and/or attempt to craft outcomes which serve their mutual interests.
		Hewitt claimed the incident was gamesmanship and Martin was booed by the partisan...
		Gamesmanship is the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win a game, often a sport, such as golf or football.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Gamesmanship (1408 words)

	Gamesmanship Encyclopedia Article @ JobsInArt.com (Jobs in Art) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Stephen Potter cites the origin of gamesmanship to be a tennis match between himself and the philosopher
		Feigning injury to cause the ball to be kicked out is another example of gamesmanship intended to break the flow of play.
		Whilst not throwing the ball away, which would be an infringement, the purpose is to prevent a swiftly taken free kick.
	www.jobsinart.com /encyclopedia/Gamesmanship (607 words)

	Ken Aston Referee Society -=\|=- Affecting Play (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		"Gamesmanship" is the art or practice of winning a game through acts of doubtful propriety, such as distracting an opponent without technically violating the Laws of the Game.
		Gamesmanship, by its very name, suggests that the player is bending the rules of the game to his benefit.
		Examples of legal gamesmanship are a team constantly kicking the ball out of play or a player constantly placing himself in an offside position deliberately, looking for the ball from his teammates so that the referee must blow the whistle and stop and restart the game.
	www.kenaston.org /LAWS/LAW-AP.htm (1027 words)

	Stephen Potter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These included drama critic for the New Statesman and Nation, book reviewer for the News Chronicle, and also more BBC work: the first programme on the BBC Third Programme, in 1946, was "How to Listen", again in collaboration with Joyce Grenfell.
		He published Gamesmanship, the first of his books that purport to teach "ploys" for manipulating one's associates, especially making them feel inferior and thereby gaining the status of being "one-up" on them.
		In 1949 he left the BBC and ended his existing journalistic commitments, and became editor of a weekly, The Leader.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stephen_Potter (966 words)

	Stephen Potter: Oracle of Gamesmanship
		It's easy to see why Gamesmanship took the world by storm (it topped bestseller lists in Scandinavia and Japan, where Potter was made Honorary Life President of a Gamesmanship Society formed at Tokyo University).
		That Gamesmanship is concerned with the most genteel sorts of knavery -- guiding bad athletes in the most effective ways of all-but-unsporting behavior -- is treated simply as a secret better left unsaid.
		Julian believes his father was burdened by the quick success of "Gamesmanship": "In a funny way it landed him in debt, because he spent all the money and then he suddenly realized he had to pay some tax," he says.
	www.ray-field.com /POTTER.HTM (1225 words)

	GAMESMANSHIP & PSYCHOLOGY
		For instance, you find your opponent getting the better of you and you feel that on that day he is outplaying you; you make a very innocent remark that he is hitting the ball so well in spite of an ‘ out of swing ‘.
		This works on his mind and he invariably tries to correct himself and loses his tempo, unless he is an alert opponent to see through your gamesmanship.
		Of course, all these should be well within the bounds of ethics and noting should be done to attract the director and put you on the mat.
	www.bridgeinindia.homestead.com /GAMESMANSHIP.htm (398 words)

	ICCE Conference 1999
		Gamesmanship approaches adopt the values of marketplace, encouraging and sanctioning clever and effective ways of bending, evading and breaking the rules when it provides a competitive advantage is part of the game.
		Gamesmanship coaches and athletes often believe that they have no ethical or sportsmanship obligation to abide by rules because it is the official's job to catch violations and impose penalties.
		Gamesmanship coaches and athletes are pragmatists believing that ethical standards are determined by practical considerations of what works, rather than principles of what's right.
	www.ausport.gov.au /fulltext/1999/acc/icce/josephs2.htm (885 words)

	Gamesmanship
		As opposed to sportsmanship, it may be inferred that the term derives from...
		Gamesmanship: (by Julian Carosi July 2001) "Albeit that most Referees know the Laws of the Game inside out - players are just as adept at knowing how far to bend them.
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	www.logicjungle.com /wiki/Gamesmanship (310 words)

	Golf Tips: Gamesmanship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		One of the subtler aspects of aggressive driving involves the gamesmanship that goes on at the tee.
		When you're in a match, the tee shot is the opening gambit and sets the stage for the rest of the battle on the hole.
		Such gamesmanship may seem to stretch the limits of sportsmanship, but the fact is, everyone does it.
	www.golfcoursesguide.org /learn/tips/061.asp (677 words)

	Instruction - Tip #61 - Gamesmanship - Shark.com
		One of the subtler aspects of aggressive driving involves the gamesmanship that goes on at the tee.
		When you're in a match, the tee shot is the opening gambit and sets the stage for the rest of the battle on the hole.
		Such gamesmanship may seem to stretch the limits of sportsmanship, but the fact is, everyone does it.
	www.shark.com /sharkwatch/instruction/tip61.php (1148 words)

	Gamesmanship Review
		Indirectly suggesting poor sportsmanship on the part of one's opponents, playing to the audience, whistling a familiar melody with one note intentionally wrong, and faking injury or illness and playing through it are all suggested as useful methods to improve results.
		Two of the most notable aspects of the book are the invention of terms for the various techniques suggested and the inclusion of bizarre diagrams throughout the book.
		The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship is clearly intended as dry humor in an academic style, and succeeds passably, though I must admit that the humor wears by the second half of the book.
	www.thegamesjournal.com /reviews/Gamesmanship.shtml (458 words)

	GOLFONLINE - The Art of Gamesmanship
		The art of psychological warfare called gamesmanship, most commonly seen during the Ryder Cup, will be deployed in late February at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
		Gamesmanship, though, isn’t always as transparent as Corey Pavin’s camouflage cap at Kiawah Island.
		Even if the act of gamesmanship is imagined, it’s important to get over it.
	www.golfonline.com /golfonline/instruction/mental/article/0,17742,1026602,00.html (314 words)

	MHSAA: Library: Sportsmanship vs. Gamesmanship
		Without thinking of the implications, many good people have bought into gamesmanship, the antithesis of sportsmanship.
		Gamesmanship is just about victory, where winning by fooling the referee is just as good as winning by outperforming a competitor.
		Getting away with whatever you can is a crucial tenet of gamesmanship.
	www.mhsaa.com /resources/library/sa7.html (1025 words)

	A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way: Buckeye/Wolverine gamesmanship
		The Buckeyes, meanwhile, are throwing passes with Ted Ginn.
		Even though the games may not be that interesting leading up to November 18, the gamesmanship sure will be.
		The next three games are all about showing the opponent just what you want them to see.
	www.theludwigs.com /2006/10/buckeyewolverine_gamesmanship.html (154 words)

	Ken Aston Referee Society -=\|=- Soccer - GAMESMANSHIP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Players who resort to gamesmanship, and are penalized by the Referee, should never bemoan that they have taken their chance, but have been caught out by an astute Referee.
		In some countries, such acts in sport are seen as a legal bending of the Laws, in other countries, similar acts of devious play, gesturing and comments on and off the fields of play are seen as bad behavior.
		Gamesmanship acts (or supposed gamesmanship acts) and how the Referee deals them with, can only ever favor one team.
	www.kenaston.org /LAWS/LAW-GAME.htm (3338 words)

	Coach Scates’ pretentious behavior just gamesmanship - THE DAILY BRUIN ONLINE
		Gamesmanship is the psychological aspect that makes sports fun.
		Gamesmanship is Gary Payton talking trash every second of his life.
		That gamesmanship takes center stage tonight as the Bruin volleyball team faces Long Beach State in the belly of the beast — Provo, Utah — the home of BYU.
	www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /news/articles.asp?id=28693 (634 words)

	Corporate Gamesmanship. Was [Re: What is with recruiters these days?]
		There were a lot of books written some years ago about understanding corporate gamesmanship.
		One point I recall, I think from the book 'Dinosaur Brains', or perhaps 'Neanderthals in the Workplace', was that those who understand corporate gamesmanship (which includes the hiring manager and the HR manager) do not explain the rules because they look down on the intelligence of those who can't figure them out on their own.
		I really don't think the issue is gamesmanship here in any healthy sense of the word.
	www.codecomments.com /Software_Engineering/message231891.html (702 words)

	Gamesmanship- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		There is a clear distinction between playing the game the hard way and turning it into a war of sorts.
		Perhaps the ICC needs to take a leaf out of Fifaâs book to penalise players who resort to gamesmanship even when the game is being played.
		Stephen Potter defined âgamesmanshipâ as the art of winning games by talk or conduct aimed at putting the opponent off.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_id=12498307 (347 words)

	WTAworld.com - Gamesmanship? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It worked, as he threw in a couple of double faults and a game or two (as this practice continued throughout the balance of the set) as a result.
		Pretending an injury or limp on court is gamesmanship.
		Distracting your oppoinent by engaging the crowd and overtly engaging in activity that distracts from the atmosphere of competition and into drama is also gamesmanship of a sort.
	www.wtaworld.com /showthread.php?t=147027 (3221 words)

	Educational Gamesmanship
		I have been blessed by the many friendships which have developed over the years with younger and older students alike.
		In the East, education is taken seriously and is considered an end in itself.
		I currently teach nowhere at which the sponsoring institution does not teach these values as stated, including the significance of certification, professional education and graduate education for the needed professional CLE credits and so forth.
	www.trustsandestates.com /ar/estate_educational_gamesmanship (692 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Over this period, the Institute has found that practices of gamesmanship lie at the very core of many sportsmanship/fair play problems.
		Schools that participate in National Sportsmanship Day 2006 are encouraged to engage in age-based discussions with students on the meaning of gamesmanship, and why it contradicts the tenets of sportsmanship and fair play.
		The How-To Packet will also include specific examples of gamesmanship in various sports, as well as other valuable tips for fostering discussion on sportsmanship and anti-gamesmanship.
	www.sportsparenting.org /nsd/qfacts.cfm (391 words)

	WTAworld.com - Gamesmanship? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Gamesmanship can at least to some extent be a matter of degree, intent, and interpretation.
		I do figure that, if I am doing something consistently where I am wondering if what I am doing is gamesmanship- then it probably IS gamesmanship, and it is time for me to stop said behavior- even if “everyone” does the behavior.
		I figure that we all are free to just let our opponents know when anything (gamesmanship or otherwise) truly is bothering us on the court- especially as what might be gamesmanship to me might be perfectly fair play to someone else.
	www.wtaworld.com /showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=147027 (961 words)

	Turbo Tennis
		Gamesmanship (forgive the gender bias) refers to any stalls, ploys, distractions or techniques that are designed to help a player gain an edge over an opponent.
		However, if you feel your opponent is resorting to gamesmanship techniques there is only so much you can do.
		If it did help John McEnroe (I truly believe that his conduct was a gamesmanship ploy!), he is the exception…not the rule.
	www.tennisserver.com /turbo/turbo_98_10.html (2637 words)

	Gamesmanship between La Russa, McClendon continues - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Gamesmanship between La Russa, McClendon continues - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		It had everything to do with gamesmanship and the intensifying rivalry between the Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals.
		Julian Tavarez's ejection for supposedly having an illegal substance on his cap stole the spotlight in a game the Pirates would lose, 5-4, despite a three-run, ninth-inning rally.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/sports/s_231247.html (507 words)

	Stephen Potter, Gamesmanship: Chess
		The prime object of gamesmanship in chess must always be, at whatever sacrifice, to build up your reputation.
		In our small chess community in Marylebone it would be modesty on my part to deny that I have built up for myself a considerable name without ever actually having won a single game.
		It is no exaggeration to say that this gambit, boldly carried out against the expert, heightens the reputation of the gamesman more effectively than the most courageous attempt to fight a losing battle.
	www.heretical.com /potter/chess.html (348 words)

	Backgammon Cheating
		We all have differing sense of when "Gamesmanship" crosses the line into "Cheating." "Gamesmanship" refers to practices in competitive activities that involve distracting, confusing, or generally "duping" an opponent, to the detriment of his or her game.
		They are not directly in violation of stated rules, and yet they are clearly were not intended as part of the game to begin with.
		Here are a few pieces of backgammon gamesmanship which, in my circle, would be regarded as thoroughly "honest" practices.
	www.bkgm.com /rgb/rgb.cgi?view+798 (783 words)

	Political Gamesmanship and the HIPAA Privacy Regulations
		The story of the HIPAA privacy regulations is one of the best illustrations of how crass and political federal policymaking can get.
		Both parties deserve substantial blame for their gamesmanship with federal privacy policy.
		Federal law should be the result of consensus among elected representatives in Congress, and the approval of the President.
	www.privacilla.org /business/medical/hipaapolitics.html (413 words)

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