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Sports also provide an opportunity to develop moral values and positive behavior. Sport activities allow participants to demonstrate values such as working hard, playing fair, playing by the rules of the game, and appropriate behavior towards others such as good sportsmanship. However, whilst the opportunity to develop moral values does exist through sport participation, it should be noted that participation in sport can also undermine the moral development of youth if it solely focuses on physical activity. That is moral behavior can be learnt from engaging with others or by one being taught ethical behavior. Promoting good sportsmanship is a common goal of school physical education and many youth sport organizations. Teachers and coaches play a key role in accomplishing this goal. Thus, it is important to gather teachers' and coaches' reports of how they teach sportsmanship as well as youths' perceptions of those behaviors to understand if and how this goal is being fulfilled.