SlogansSports day and team slogans
National Sports Day is observed in India on 29 August, the birthday of hockey player Major Dhyan Chand. These are for house banners, team huddles and the march past.
English
Play hard. Play fair. Shake hands.
Win with grace. Lose with a plan.
One team, one dream, one loud scream.
Sweat today, shine on the podium.
We came to play. We stay to win.
Fall down, dust off, run again.
Fair play is the first medal.
Heart, hustle and house pride.
Champions train when nobody is watching.
The whistle starts the game. Effort finishes it.
Blue house roars, red house soars, green house scores, yellow house does all three and more.
Run like the bell just rang for recess.
Whoever wins, we walk off together.
One team, one heartbeat.
We came to run, not to watch.
Win with grace. Lose with a smile. Come back stronger.
Clap for the last runner too.
Tired legs, proud faces.
Red House roars! (put your own house here)
हिन्दी
खेलेंगे, जीतेंगे, खेल भावना निभाएँगे।
जीत हमारी, हार भी हमारी, पर हिम्मत कभी न हारी।
दम लगाओ, आगे आओ।
मैदान में उतरेंगे, जान लगा देंगे।
खेल में न कोई छोटा, न कोई बड़ा।
हार से सीखो, जीत से झुको।
पसीना बहेगा, तभी पदक मिलेगा।
एक टीम, एक इरादा।
खेलो ऐसे कि हारने वाला भी हाथ मिलाए।
जीतो तो विनम्र रहो, हारो तो हिम्मत रखो।
खेलो दम से, खेलो ईमान से।
आख़िरी धावक के लिए भी ताली बजाओ।
एक टीम, एक धड़कन।
मैदान में उतरो, स्क्रीन को भूलो।
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
ਖੇਡੋ ਜ਼ੋਰ ਨਾਲ, ਖੇਡੋ ਇਮਾਨ ਨਾਲ।
ਜਿੱਤੀਏ ਜਾਂ ਹਾਰੀਏ, ਹੌਸਲਾ ਨਾ ਹਾਰੀਏ।
ਖੇਡ ਮੈਦਾਨ ਸਾਡੀ ਸ਼ਾਨ।
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Where these slogans are used
House banners, the march past, team huddles before a match, relay batons, the back of a team T-shirt, and the cheering stand. A sports slogan is the only kind on this site meant to be shouted by a hundred children at once, so sound matters more than meaning.
Write your own house cheer
A good cheer has a beat you can clap. Count it out: four beats, a pause, four beats. Put the house name or colour on a strong beat, and end on an open vowel that can be held: "go", "hai", "o". Call and response is the easiest form. The captain shouts a question and the house answers.
- Captain: "Who are we?" House: "Tagore House!" Captain: "What do we do?" House: "Play it true!"
- Captain: "नीला दल!" House: "सबसे अव्वल!"
Practise it in the corridor a week before. A cheer that half the house has forgotten on the day is worse than no cheer.
- English pairs: play and day, team and dream, run and fun, win and grin, fair and dare.
- Hindi pairs: खेल and मेल, जीत and प्रीत, दम and हम, मैदान and शान, जोश and होश.
Sportsmanship lines
Keep one slogan for the other side. Cheering a good run by an opponent, and a line about playing fair, will be noticed by every teacher and parent on the ground. Never put the name of another house in a mocking line.
What to avoid
- Chants that insult a rival, a referee or a player who made a mistake.
- Cheers so long that they finish after the race does.
Using these slogans
- For a house cheer, put your house name or colour where the slogan says "team".
- A chant needs rhythm. Say it aloud ten times before you paint it.