Social Norm Analysis

During two Intramural Ultimate Frisbee games, my team and I decided to defy a social norm in the games. While discussing, there were many observable reactions. Many of the players agreed to perform our act, but some were hesitant. This defiance experiment was called “Gone Fishing”. This act required every member of my team to lay on the ground, and flopped like a fish when a designated person in our team shouted “Gone Fishing” and reeled the Frisbee disk. The person with the disk would then throw the disk and a designated runner would run to the end zone of the field to catch the disk. We did “Gone Fishing” in the middle of the games, and tried to enjoy the game even though we were down by a few points.
Since this was performed twice, I was …show more content…
I noticed that the opposing teams were confused. All the members from both teams and other spectators who were standing by the sidelines were confused, and had laughed at the “fish” flopping on the ground. The “fish” were compliant, and when the signal words were shouted, they immediately fell to the ground without hesitation. After their act, they laughed and were complimented by the opposing team members. They had good sportsmanship even though they were tricked. Most of them laughed and commended saying, “That was a good trick!” None of the teams complained about wasting time and were not angry about missing a good chance to win the game. Both teams had positive reactions to this defiance …show more content…
I was one to the fishes on the field, and I had someone by the sidelines to describe the reactions of the people. As noted, the players of the opposite team was confused and did not know what we were doing. Similar to the first attempt, the opposite team stopped running and observed the “fish” on the ground. One of the members of the opposite team mentioned, “I do not know what you guys were doing. What were you supposed to be?” That person walked away with a confused facial expression and scratched her head in puzzlement. Some of the people from the other team were angry because they were distracted by the “fish” and was unable to run and defend us from getting the Frisbee disk. Our team members who were standing by the sidelines were waiting in anticipation as the runner was running to the end zone to catch the Frisbee disk. The opposite team were angry and confused at the same time. They were angry because they thought we were not serious. They assumed that we did not care for the game at all. The “fish” on the ground were hesitant to lay on the muddy ground. At the same time, they had nervous expressions as they were hoping that the runner caught the

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