sports traditions
Game day ceremonies
Sports traditions are rituals, customs, and practices that have become established parts of athletic culture—whether attached to specific teams, venues, or sports generally.
These range from pregame ceremonies to postgame celebrations: The seventh-inning stretch is one of baseball's oldest traditions.
Some belong to fans: singing fight songs, wearing lucky jerseys, tailgating.
Others belong to players: not stepping on foul lines, playoff beards, victory dances.
Sports traditions create continuity across generations of fans and athletes, connecting present contests to storied pasts.
- halftime showsMid-game musical performances
- tailgatingFollowing another vehicle unsafely
- chantsRepeated rhythmic phrases
- national anthemsOfficial patriotic compositions
- first pitchInitial ceremonial delivery
rivalries · face painting · team colors · retired numbers · jersey retirement · iconic moments · fight songs · trophy · championship rings · superstitions · team mascots · commemorative plaques · handshake · kickoff · coin tosses · victory laps · seventh-inning stretch · fan clubs
- Georgian sportstraditional sports, folk games, traditional games, national teams, Olympic participation
sports traditionsmodernization
Adoption of current methods
breaking with tradition · technological innovations · technological disruption