Do it with grace and style - a good word or a word of praise goes a long way - and costs you absolutely nothing!
As the Kanga Cup heads to finals and our local competitions work there way through the second half of the competition and finals places, there is something all coaches and parents on the sidelines should note from the World Cup. In a World Cup marred by some spectacular examples of poor sportmanships and lack of grace, emerges, just in time, examples set by National Coaches which set the standard of behaviour for us all.
The words from Spain's Coach, Vicente Del Bosque, following his team's hard earned victory over a terrific German team, are just outstanding! And Germany coach Joachim Low is also in a class of his own.
Sourced fromt he SBS World Game:
But while Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque was delighted with his side's performance he was taking nothing for granted where the final is concerned.
Del Bosque said: "You must celebrate victory but with moderation and don't forget your responsibilities. We are sportsmen and we want to reach out for the World Cup."
"There is hardly anything more precious than to win the World Cup. We should not be bragging and too conceited, let's just play the next match."
Del Bosque also described what it meant to Spain, which has failed so often at World Cups when it appeared to have a good chance of glory.
He said: "This country has changed enormously. We have great things and one of them is sports. We are privileged to have so many good sportsmen. Football is the local motivation. Spain deserves to be triumphant and to make it to the top."
Low, whose side was also beaten by Spain in the European championship final two years ago, said: "Spain are a wonderful team. They are the masters of the game. You can see it in every pass. They can hardly be beaten. They are extremely calm and convincing. Spain were just better than we were and they deserved to win.
"In 2008 they won the European Championships in a very convincing way and they have been unchanged over the past two or three years. They play in an automatic way and I am confident they will win the title.
"Over the past two or three years they have been the most skilled team of all. They circulate the ball quickly and we were not able to play like previous matches. We were not able to get rid of our inhibitions."
Now that's the way to do it!!!