Sport Equipments

All players need proper sport equipment. Players will not be able to play
competitively without it. Every team requires players to provide their own
equipment. Equipment provides players with the tools they need to play
efficiently and safely. Here is a list of required sports equipments:

1. Football Equipments

No Football Equipments Definitions

1. Ball /bɔːl/
A ball is a round object with
various uses. It is used in ball
games, where the play of the game
follows the state of the ball as it is
hit, kicked by players.

2. Goal /gəʊl/
A goal is a pair of posts linked
by a crossbar and often with a net
attached behind it, forming a space
into or over which the ball has to
be sent in order to score.

3. Shin-guards /ʃɪn-gɑːd/

A shin guard or shin pad is a

piece of equipment worn on the
front of a player's shin to protect
them from injury.
4. Corner Flag /ˈkɔːnə(r)/ /flæg/
Corner flags are used to make
it easy for referees to tell if the ball
crossed the touchline or the end
line. If the ball hits a corner flag
and bounces back onto the field, it
is still in play!

5. Rebound Net /rɪˈbaʊnd/ /net/

Football rebound nets will

help outfield players improve their
ball control with both feet.
Goalkeepers can use the nets to
improve their reflexes.

6. Field Markers/fɪːld/ /mɑːk ə(r)/

Field Markers are pulverized

white limestone or marble, used for
marking the fields easily and
effectively.

7. Bib /bɪb/

A bib is a garment worn

hanging from the neck on the chest
to protect clothing from
accidentally spilled food
 8. Gloves keeper/glʌvs/ /kiːpə(r)/

Goalkeeper gloves provide a

better grip on the ball, protect and
cushion your fingers and palms,
and help you block, catch and
punch the ball.

2. Badminton Equipments

No Badminton Equipments Definitions

1. Racket /ˈrækɪt/

Racket or racquet is a sports

implement consisting of a handled
frame with an open hoop across
which a network of strings or catgut
is stretched tightly.

2. Shuttlecock /ˈʃʌtl-kɒk/

A shuttlecock is used in the sport

badminton. The shuttlecock center is
hit with a badminton racquet over the
net, in this fast sport.
3. Net /net/

Net Stretches across the middle of

the court, and over which players
must hit the shuttlecock. It is
stretched between two posts.

4. Court /,kɔːt/

Court is a quadrangular area,

either open or covered, marked out
for ball games such as badminton or
basketball.

5. Scoreboard /skɔː(r)/ /bɔːd/

A scoreboard is a large board for

publicly displaying the score in a
game. It use for keeping score,
measuring time, and displaying
statistics

6. Referee Chair /,refə

 ˈriː/ /tʃeə(r)/

The referee chair is a tall chair at

the center of the court, behind a net
post. Its height adjustable from 183
to 215 cm.

3. Basketball Equipments

No Basketball Equipments Definitions

1. Basketball /`bɑːskɪtbɔːl/
Basketball is a round object
with various uses. It is used in
basketball, where the play of the
game follows the state of the ball
as it is hit, throw by players.

2. Ring/hoop /rɪŋ/

The basketball hoop emerged

from the simple idea that tossing a
ball into a ring and scoring points
could provide hours of fun on a
cold wintry day.
3. Basketball Towers
/`bɑːskɪtbɔːl/ /ˈtaʊə(r)/

Basketball tower is a prop

post in basketball game. The
outdoor basketball tower range,
overhang 1 m, is highly modular.

4. Backboard /bæk/ /bɔːd/

A backboard is a piece of
basketball equipment. It is a raised
vertical board with a basket
attached. It is made of a flat, rigid
piece of material,

5. Stopwatch /stɒp-wɒtʃ/

A stopwatch is a special
watch with buttons that start,
stop, and then zero the hands,
used to time races. When it is
activated to the time when the
piece is deactivated.

6. Wistle /wɪstl/
A whistle is a simple device
that produces sound when air is
forced through an opening. Their
loud, attention-getting blast makes
whistles essential for sports
referees.
4. Athletic Equipments

No Athletic Equipments Definitions

1. Javelin /ˈdʒævlɪn/
A light spear designed
primarily to be thrown. It is almost
always thrown by hand, unlike the
bow and arrow and slingshot,
which shoot projectiles from a
mechanism.
2. Discus /ˈdɪskəs/
A discus is a circular disk
usually wooden with a metal rim
and thicker in the center than at
the edge, for throwing for distance
in athletic competition

3. Shot put /ʃɒt/ /pʊt/

Shot is a metal ball is put – not
thrown – with one hand. The aim is
to put it as far as possible from a
seven-foot diameter circle that has
a curved high toe-board at the
front.

4. High Jump Mat

/haɪ/ /dʒʌmp/ /mæt/

High jump Mats is an

equipment packages that include
everything you need to start a high
jump.
5. High Jump Stand
/haɪ/ /dʒʌmp/ /stænd/

The high jump stands is a track

in which competitors must jump
unaided over a horizontal bar
placed at measured heights
without dislodging it.

6. Hurdle /ˈhɜːdl/

Hurdle is a series of barriers

set at precisely measured heights
and distances which each athlete
must pass by running over.

7. Start Block /stɑːtɪŋ/ /blɒk/

Starting blocks are a device

used in the sport of track and field
by sprint athletes to hold their feet
at the start of a race so they do not
slip as they push out at the sound
of the gun.

8. Start Gun /stɑːtɪŋ/ /dɪˈvaɪs/

A blank handgun used to start

track and field races, as well as
competitive swimming races at
some meets. The sound of the gun
going off serves as the signal for
the athletes to begin the event.
5. Excercises

A. Read the text below then complete the text using football equipments!

In the Sunday morning, George spent his time with his brothers; Ronie,
Ben and their another friends. They were playing football in the backyard.
Before they started the game, they were preparing footballl equipments. Goerge
was wearing a green 1.______ and _______ on his legs to keep his body safe.
Goerge is a big fan of David Beckam, that’s why he always playing football.
ronie needed a 2. ________ to help him held the ball, because he would be a
keeper. He was standing in the middle of 3.__________ with his excited face. He
act as a professional keeper and seem to be ready to catch the ball . Meanwhile,
Ben was busy with his work arranged the others equipments in their mini
court. The 4.__________ was put in the corner of the court, 5._________ was also
prepared to make sure that the 6.________ will not bouncep up to any old way.
The last touching, Ronie put many colorful 7._________at each corner as a
limiting court. They were playing fun.

Goal Shin-Guards Rebound-Net

Ball Corner-Flag Field-Markers

Bib Gloves-keeper

B. Match these badminton equipments with the sentences beside them!

a. Thing to count the score of the game a. Net

b. Piece of loose open material made of knotted string b. Racket

c. A furniture as a place to the referee sitting c. Scoreboard

d. Cork with feathers in it, used in badminton. d. Refeere Chair

e. Space marked out for playing the ball games e. Shuttlecock

f. Use for hitting the shuttlecock the squash f. Court

C. Arrange the words below into correct sentences!

1. Throws-He-to-basketball-ring-the

2. Bringing-three-is-balls-the-Bryan-to-court

3. Standing-is-the-beside-tower-basketball

4. There-the-markers-three-court-are-in-field

5. Blowing-wistle-start-game-refeere-to-the-a

6. Need-a-we-stopwatch-count-times-the-to

D. Find out the words of athletic equipment inside the collumns!

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