Ok. First up - confession time. I play indoor netball. Been playing it for some 15 years. I both play (Mens 2) and coach (Mixed 3) for my centre in the INFQ Superleague comp.
Second - no jokes about guys playing netball. I've heard them all before
Now. It's finals time, and this is Superleague, so a cut above the normal weeknight comp at the local centre. We finished 5th and played the team that placed 8th on Saturday night. No disrespect to them, they seem to be a really nice/fun bunch of guys, but we absolutely smashed them 98-7. We weren't even playing really hard. I'm sure if we hit top gear we could have cracked 100.
It was pretty hard for them. They knew we were going to beat them convincingly before the game. I was chatting to my opponent, they were laughing about it, huddling up, doing some chants in jest. When they did score a goal, they'd all come together and high-5 each other, run around like soccer players after scoring a goal. LOL. The whole crowd cheered them too.
So what would you do? Take it easy on them considering we had such a huge lead? But it's finals time, and we need to be sharp for the upcoming, more challenging opponents. And if they can tell you're taking it easy, sometimes that's more demoralising too.
I'm not sure what the right answer is. Just trying to be sportsmanlike.