

Even in my experiences playing sports as a kid and as an adult, I always hated the kids who would talk trash and yell stuff like "swing batter, swing batter, he's a whiffer, he's a whiffer." Since I wasn't a Little League All-Star, I took the whiffer comments personally. The following August, Durant exemplified his defensive trash talking strategy during a Nike ProCity exhibition game in New York City. When you block an opponent's shot, you don't have to wag a finger in the other player's face.īerating opponents got so out of hand during the 1990s that the National Collegiate Athletic Association instituted a rule that penalized taunting and celebrating on the field. If you stay calm and ignore the comments, you will often frustrate the trash talker and even beat them in the mental battle. Most fans remember UFC Fight Night 143 for being the night that Henry. SIMI VALLEY, California - In a viral Snapchat video, a southern California high school student was seen being violently beaten up by two other students over 'trash talk' on social media. When you score a touchdown, just give the football to the referee. These cases, along with others, are covered in this list. I always liked quiet, workmanlike athletes who just did their job on the field, such as Emmitt Smith, Michael Jordan and Joe Frazier, who was the son of a sharecropper and overcame adversity growing up in poverty in South Carolina. Original music by Marion Lozano, Daniel Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Diane Wong.
