With so many sports teams there are bound to be some super fans who go above and beyond when it comes to their team winning.
Sometimes that includes some wacky habits that one must do in order for their team to win.
Here are a list of some of the rituals people have in order for their team to win.
1. Standing Room Only
For Steven Panicko this means that when the Hawks are on, no sitting is allowed. The only time he can sit down is during the intermissions.
2. Stinky Sock
For Elizabeth Cerullo, it means her softball socks can't be washed at all during the season if they were on a win streak.
3. Traveling Jersey
Emily Ann has to watch the Penguins game in her basement. If they don't score within the first period she HAS to sit on the floor. For intermissions, she has to go upstairs. During the playoffs, she moves her jersey after every round.
4. Separate Rooms
Paige Miner had a sweet story about her grandparents. For her grandparents, they swore that the Mets would only win if her grandpa watched the game in the living room and her grandma watched in the kitchen. So every game they watched the game from separate rooms.
5. Many Superstitions
Nate Killips has many superstitions and they all depend on what it is. For the Bruins game, he has to watch it alone and the only other person who can watch with him is his girlfriend, no family allowed. When watching the Packers or the Badgers he sits in the same spot on the couch. When he plays paintball he has a warm-up playlist and he gets dressed by putting one item on above the waist and then below. He then goes back and forth until he's dressed.
6. Jersey Wearing
In the McCabe Family Megan had to wear a Hawks Jersey during every game for them to win. She and her brother also had to watch the game in his room. Despite it not really being a superstition it was still a habit during the games which was to go to Walgreens between the first and second period.
7. Air-Stick Handling
Clint Zummer has more of a 24-hour process to get ready for his game days. However one of the most important superstitions for him is his air stick handling. He stares at a spot on the boards and blasts the song "Jump Around". It's all imaginary stick and ball. He stares in front for 30 seconds, then 10 toe drags, 10 backhand toe drags, 10 snapshots, 10 backhanders, two times around the world before he runs into the locker room. For those of you who didn't guess he plays hockey.
8. Goalies are Weird
Let's face it Goalies are some of the weirdest humans on the planet. Marc Hayton proves this with his superstitions for game days. Such that at practice he must be the last goalie off the ice. This extends to warm-ups and intermissions where he has to be the first player on the ice and the last one off the ice. During game days he has to have a pink poweraid between 8 and 11:30 a.m. and a red poweraid between 11:30 and 3:10 p.m. He won't eat hash browns or similar foods. He will not take any medications including Advil. He also doesn't drink any water or anything else for the whole game. During intermissions he sets his helmet and gloves facing him on the floor and no one is allowed to touch them. He also says there is probably more but he can't remember all of the things he does until it's game day.
Any opportunity to feel like you have control over the outcome of the game is something most seek. This normally manifests into superstitions for both when you play a sport and when you watch a sport.