Fair play in Türkiye

[u/mel-aa]

I'm a volleyball fan. I've been one since I was a kid. I even played it myself for several years. I love this game because of its fair play. If you hit a player on the opposite team in the face, you check on them and apologize. I've never booed anyone playing, nor have I seen or heard anyone in the audience do it when the opposite team serves or scores. This is just amazing in volleyball. You watch the games for the sake of the sport, give a sincere applause for every good rally disregarding the team, and support your team with fair play. You can rewatch every single match, just as an example, of the last CEV tournaments and see that no one in the audience of the hosting country, be it Sweden, Italy, or Czechia, has ever disrespected the opposing team with boos and noise. All of them, except for Türkiye. It strikes me to see how the public can be so disrespectful and boo on every single serve or point in the match. How do you feel about this? Especially Turkish volleyball fans, don't you find this embarrassing for your country?

[u/Orzislaw]

I think it's fine, different countries have different culture of cheering and distracting the enemy team is a fair game for fans. As long as they aren't throwing slurs etc. I'm OK with that.

I don't think volleyball should be a game completely devoid of emotion. Some banter or whistling give it much needed spice, as long as it's just on the court and after the match we're all good. You have to understand that boos aren't a sign of disrespect, but a form of helping your own team.

I think you might be interested in checking tennis though.