Mastering Sports Terminology and Basic Rules

Popular Team Sports

• Soccer: It is a team sport where you kick the ball into the opponent's goal in order to score.
• Rugby: It is a team sport in which you have to run with the ball into the in-goal area.
• Basketball: Bounce the ball against the floor and throw it into the basket.
• Volleyball: A team sport in which you have to hit the ball with your hands in order to pass it over the net.
• Hockey: A team sport in which you have to hit the ball with a stick to make a goal in order to score.
• Football: It is a team sport in which two teams of players try to kick, run with, or throw an oval ball across each other's goal line.
• Baseball: It is a team sport in which two teams try to win points by hitting a ball and running around four fixed points.

Individual and Racket Sports

• Tennis: It is an individual sport in which you have to hit the ball with a racket to make it pass across the net.
• Squash: Hit the ball with a racket in order to make it bounce.
• Badminton: It is an individual sport for two or four people in which you hit a shuttlecock over a net.
• Golf: It is an individual sport in which you have to hit the ball with a club in order to make it go into a hole.
• Cycling: It is an individual sport in which you ride a bike and complete the circuit first.

Athletics, Gymnastics, and Equestrian

• Athletics: It is a series of disciplines such as running, jumping, throwing, and pole vaulting.
• Gymnastics: A series of individual disciplines which involve using certain devices and performing routines.
• Equestrian Sport: This is any sport that you practice while riding a horse.

Combat and Extreme Sports

• Boxing: It is an individual sport in which you fight with another person wearing gloves in order to knock them out and score by hitting certain parts of the body.
• Wrestling: It is an individual sport in which you fight with an opponent using your body in order to throw him or her on the floor.
• Fencing: It is an individual sport of fighting with thin swords.
• Car Racing: It is a risk sport in which you have to drive a car in order to cross the finish line first.
• Scuba-diving: It is an individual sport in which you swim underwater.
• Surfing: It is an individual sport in which a person rides on a wave in the sea using a special board.
• Skiing: It is an individual sport in which people move over snow wearing skis.
• Parachuting: It is a risk sport in which a person jumps from an aircraft using a parachute.