SPORTS TERMINOLOGY

 SPORTS TERMINOLOGY

 Atheletics —Relay, photofinish, track, lane, 

hammer, triple jump, high jump, cross country

Badminton—Shuttle cock, Service court, Fore 

hand, deuse, game Back Hand, Smash, Hit, Drop, 

let, Love, Double fault, etc.

Baseball—Pinching, Home run, Base runner, Throw, 

Perfect game, Strike, bunting, diamond, home, pitcher,

Put out, etc.

Basketball—Free throw, Technical foul, 

Common foul, Under head, Over head, etc

Billiards & Snooker—Pull, Cue, cannons, jigger, 

scratch, Hit, Object ball, Break shot, Scoring, 

Cushion billiards, etc.

Kabaddi – cant , raider, raid, struggle

Kho-kho – chaser, runners, to give kho, shoulder line

Boxing—Knock out, Round, Ring Stoppage,Punch, 

Upper-cut, Kidney punch, Timing, Foot ,hook, jab etc.

Chess—E. L. O. rating, check, checkmate, stalemate, 

international master, Grand master, Gambit, Kings 

Indian Defence, etc.

Cricket—Toss, Run, Wicket, Pitch, Stump, Bails, 

Crease, Pavalion, Gloves, Wicket Keeper, Over, Maiden 

over, Follow-on, Rubber, Ashes, Catch, Bowled, Stump 

out, Run out, L. B. W; Hit Wicket, Not out, No ball, 

Wide ball, Dead ball, Over Throw, Bye, Leg by, Cover 

drive, Late cut, Hook, Glance, Stroke, Shot, Pull, Sixer, 

Followthrough, Turn, Googley, Spin, Yorker, Bouncer, 

Hattrick, Round the wicket, Over the wicket, Seamer, 

Boundry line, Slip, Square leg, Runner, Cover, Gully, 

Long on, Silly point, Midwicket, Mid on, Forward short 

leg, Deep/mid- wicket, etc

Cycling—Sprint, Time trial, Point race, Trackrace, etc.

Football—Goal, Kick, Head, Penalty kick, Dribble, Off 

side, Hattrick , Foul, Left out, Right out, drop kick 

,throw-in, touch down, Stopper, Defender, Move, Side

Golf– Bogey, caddie, hole, links, put, putting the 

green, stymie, tee etc.

Gymnastics—Parellel bar, Horizontal bar, Floor 

exercise, Uneven bar, Push up, Sit up. Etc

Hockey – Bull, carry, centre forward, carried, dribble, 

goal, hat trick, penalty corner, scoop, short corner, 

sticks, striking circle, under cutting, jockey,push-in,, 

left in, off-side, tie breaker, carried, striking circle, 

under cutting, cut, centre forward, half back, left out 

etc.

Horse riding—Three day Event, Show jumping, 

Dresses, Faults, etc.

Judo—Cocoa, Blue, white, Green belt, etc.

Lawn tennis : back hand drive, service, smash, volley, 

deuse, game, set, love etc.

Polo – Bunder, chuckker, mallet etc,

Shooting—Rapid fire Pistol, Standard rifle, Air rifle,

Free pistol, Range, Bull’s eye, etc.

Swimming—Freestyle, Breast stroke, Backstroke, 

Butterfly, Lane, Pool, Crawl, etc.

Table Tennis—Volley, Late service, Half volley, Back 

hand ,Drive spin, Chop, etc.

Tennis—Service, Grand slam, Advantage, Deuce, Game

Point, Break point, Smash, Shot, Grass Court, Break, 

Drop shot, Net play, Baseline, etc.

Weight Lifting—Snatch, Jerk, etc.

Volleyball—Deuce, Spikers, Booster, Smash, Sidearm,

Panetration, etc. 

Wrestling—Free style, Hal Nelson, Point, Heave, etc.