"Take a Knee", the worst diss in sports. This term comes from
American Football. Should you screw up during practice or worse, during a game, the coach tells you "take a knee" where which you go to the sideline and kneel down on one knee so that the team and audience can see your total
humiliation. I first heard this term in 1984, though I know it has to
originate from a date way before my time. My coach of at least 45 yrs. old at the time used this term.
Coach Says: Miss your read...Take a Knee. Miss your block...Take a Knee. Miss your hole...Take a knee.