Superstitions/Rituals?

[Redskins1974]

What, if any, superstitions do you have when rooting for your team and/or playing a sport? Everyone has a little pre-game or rally type superstition or ritual, what's yours?

For instance, the rally cap in baseball. I wear certain things on game day for instance and when I played sports, wrestling in particular, I had things I did pre-match.

List them all - and don't be embarrassed

[NikiH]

I have to admit to owning a pair of "lucky" socks. Althought I'm pretty sure they were broken last season for the skins.

[Gibbs' Hog]

I have tried many things.


In the end, I have found that getting really plastered before, during, and after an event usually produces the best results.

[Chris Luva Luva]

I used to wonder if the Skins lost because I'd skip church sometimes to watch them.

I tested that theory out last year......all I know is that its not my fault.

[Punu]

I tested that theory out last year......all I know is that its not my fault.

I kinda thought of that before too... [/quote]

[shellac]

I have tried many things.


In the end, I have found that getting really plastered before, during, and after an event usually produces the best results.

I agree. I've tried many methods, one week they work, the next week they don't. But for some reason I keep trying.

oh yea, this helps no matter what the outcome

[Amberion]

When my favourite Aussie rules teams (Go Crows) are playing in the Grand Final, I (and a friend) never watch the 3rd Quarter

Have not lost one yet so it must work

[redskinz4ever]

on sundays chicken wings & beer for lunch sporting my redskins jersey home jersey for home games away jersey for the away games.and maybe a bit corny i hold my football the whole game.

[gibbsfan]

what i do during a a redskins game is down right furious,you couldn,nt even read my blood pressure cause it would make you pass out.before a game i used to get on my knees on the living room floor and say a little prayer just like joe gibbs did during that nfc championship game against the vikings on that 4th and goal play. i might want to add i tore up a few plants in the living room as well during a game especially if it,s those freakin cowboys.
on raceday i,m wearing smoke attire along with my joe gibbs racing hat,the one that has the car #,s on the sides with the sponsors colors as well as the drivers signatures on the front.then i start the race from the chair then go to the floor just the way they do when they drop the green flag.

so when i have football and racing at the sametime i tend to get real rowdy .i love them both.

[Skinsfan55]

I've heard that wearing team colors on gameday is bad luck... I dunno about that one...

I'm not ashamed to say that I'm a Red Sox fanatic and only a Redskins fan... and when I'm watching the Sox I've found the only bad luck is making confident statements:

"Oh man, Wakefield's gone 5.1 and is OWNING the White Sox! He's gonna pitch a complete game." (cue 3 run homer)

"Millar is due for a home run here, he's gonne tie it up!" (cue strikeout)

[JansenFan]

I stop showering at training camp and don't start again until after the super bowl. It's not really to help the team, it's more so that people get in my way.

[NikiH]

People get in your way or out of your way??

Anyone want to house Jansen fan for a few weeks?????

[Gibbs' Hog]

I'm not ashamed to say that I'm a Red Sox fanatic and only a Redskins fan...

I doubt you flaunted that fact around before the WS last year...

[Redskin in Canada]

Rituals are important, very important, when -you- are the main actor. If -you- are going to perform as a player, actor, speaker, soldier, etc whatever your ocupation, you NEED a ritual to prepare for action.

I go over my task inmy mind ahead of time, alone, by myself, in silence, preferably in low light. My performances become a confrmation of the way I saw it in my mind before (Sun Tzu's advice)

It gives you focus, concentration, and attention to detail. High intensity athletes (including some boxers) have very famous rituals.

As a spectator, it might be important to have a ritual, not for luck, because I do not believe in it. But to become a better analyst of game strategy and tactics everytime. An informed and inteligent fan is a better fan in my book. That is why I am a member of this site. I enjoy the insight.

[curveball]

I play in a lot of golf scrambles and even though football fans are bad, no one compares to golfers when it comes to rituals.

I've been having a guy tell me for three weeks that "we should have used the "lucky" marker on eighteen". Nevermind the fact that it was a 20 foot triple breaker. If we would have used that 1963 nickel, we'd have made that. At least in his mind.

[Deadskins]

I like to wear underwear that has the opposing teams colors on it. It's like I'm smashing my ass on them all day.

[skinsfano28]

having played basketball for almost 13 years now, i find its best if i am alone before the game, listening to the likes of Staind, Tool, or Avenged Sevenfold an hour before the game to get me a little worked up while i put on my gear, and then when the shoes go on i listen to Enough by Welbilt to get me in the energized mood. Then i go stretch at halfcourt (nowhere else) and join the team for layup lines.

as for the redskins--whichever way the redskins are going on offense, i point my hat just a little bit that way--i dont know if it actually works, but on many occasions we have scored or made a great play after i adjust my hat that way, so maybe its something? i wear my Ramsey jersey almost every game, last year i alternated between him and Coles, but my Coles jersey has long since vanished into the annals of my closet, and for good reason. other than that, i dont have much else