An Introduction to

Sports
⚫ Types of Sports and Sports Skills
⚫ A Sporting chance: Individual, Dual
and Team Sports
Types of Sports

⚫ Before enumerating the list of known

sports, let us first discuss their
classifications. Sports are classified either
according to the primary equipment used
or to the setting where it is played. Here
are the different types of sports:
Air Sports
⚫ Air sports include a vast domain of aerial activities
done as sporting events.
Athletics
⚫ Athletics refers to sports events that test the
athlete’s endurance, strength, and speed. It
involves competitive running, walking, jumping, and
throwing.
Ball Sports
⚫ Ball sports are those games that use a ball in play.
This includes various categories, including
ball-over-net, ball-and-bat, and ball-and-stick
games.
Board Sports
⚫ These types of sports are played with a specific board
used as primary equipment. Examples of this type are
surfing and skateboarding.
Combat Sports
⚫ Combat sports are also called fighting sports. It is a
competitive contact sport that involves one-on-one
combat. It covers all martial arts and ancient fighting
events, whether they use brute force or specific
weapons.
Cycle Sports
⚫ Cycling, or cycle sports, includes all competitive
physical activities that use bicycles. They can be carried
out as a race or a performance that shows tricks
through using bikes.
Gymnastics
⚫ Gymnastics is the performance of systematic exercises that
requires and shows balance, flexibility, coordination,
strength, and overall physical conditioning. These are often
done by using different apparatuses, such as rings, beams,
and bars.
Ice Sports
⚫ Ice sports, as its name suggests, include sporting events that
are performed in an ice field. They are mostly held during
winter sports competition.
Indoor Sports
⚫ These are those games that do not require an open field to
be played. They can be carried out at home or in a specially
structured indoor setting. Most table-top games are indoor
ones. Some outdoor sports were developed to be played
indoors, too. Examples of these are indoor cricket and
indoor soccer.
Water Sports
⚫ Water sports covers all sporting events played
or performed in water.
Sports List
⚫ Acrobatics
⚫ Aerobic Gymnastics
⚫ Archery
⚫ Arnis
⚫ Artistic Gymnastics
⚫ Artistic Swimming
⚫ Badminton
⚫ Baseball
⚫ Basketball
⚫ Baton Twirling
⚫ Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
⚫ Billiards/ Pool (U.S.)
⚫ Bobsleigh
⚫ Bodybuilding
⚫ Bowling
⚫ Boxing
⚫ Canoeing
⚫ Car Racing
⚫ Cheerleading
⚫ Chess
Names of Different Types of Sports
and Games

Archery
– Her husband is
an archery instructor
Badminton

⚫ – Badminton can be played by two or

four people.
Cricket

⚫ – The crowd loves to watch

attacking cricket.
Bowling

⚫ – Do you want to go bowling with us

Friday?
Boxing

⚫ – He is the boxing champion of the

world.
Basketball

⚫ – I am a member of the basketball team.

5 basic skills in sports
⚫ Fundamental movement skills are basic
movements such as throwing,
kicking,running, jumping, hopping
and catching. Fundamental sport skills
are these movement skills applied to a
sport situation: for example, kicking a
soccer ball, running a sprint, jumping up
for a basketball rebound, catching a
baseball.
Individual, Dual and Team Sports
⚫ Sports — you either love them or you were the person
who hid in the locker room during P.E. class. Some are
individual sports in which one athlete competes on their
own. Other sports are dual sports in which two athletes
compete against each other or as a team against another
team of two people. Both of these are distinct from team
sports, which involve larger numbers of athletes working
together against an opposing team made up of an equal
number of competitors.

⚫ By David NaarL
What Are Individual Sports?

⚫ Individual sports are defined as activities

in which competing as a part of a team
isn’t required. The athlete is on their own
and is the one who’s responsible for
bringing home the win. Although individual
sports can be competitive, the athlete is
also in competition with themselves.
Practicing a sport individually requires plenty
of motivation in order to develop the skills
that are needed to progress in the activity.
Along with gaining additional skills, two other
main benefits of individual sports are
self-discipline and mental focus. The more
you practice, the better you can get, and
you’re the one who’s responsible for
reaching your goal.
⚫ However, one primary disadvantage of
individual sports is that same responsibility —
if you take competitions seriously and lose,
you’re responsible — and it can be hard to
push yourself to keep improving at times
when you’re only holding yourself accountable.
Examples of popular individual
sports include:
⚫ Skiing
⚫ Snowboarding
⚫ Running
⚫ Swimming
⚫ Bouldering
⚫ Archery
⚫ Gymnastics
⚫ Weightlifting
 What Are Dual Sports?

⚫ Compared to individual sports, there aren’t as many dual

sports out there — but dual sports can take several
different forms. In one form of dual sports, a single
athlete competes against another single athlete; there’s
no team, just two athletes against each other in a
one-on-one match. Dual sports can also involve two
athletes on the same team competing with two athletes
of the opposite team, known as two on two.
Examples of some of the most
popular dual sports include:
⚫ Chess
⚫ Table tennis
⚫ Tennis
⚫ Badminton
⚫ Racquetball
⚫ Fencing
⚫ Beach volleyball
⚫ Playing as a duo also comes with many
benefits. If the two players are able to
complement each other and work as a team,
planning out strategies and anticipating each
other’s movements, they can really bring the
best out of every game. However, when one
player is off their game for that day, it can
affect both teammates. Cooperation is
extremely important in dual sports, and it’s
essential to get along with your teammate
before trying to compete.
What Are Team Sports?

⚫ As the name suggests, team sports involve a

larger group of people working together and
competing against another large group (or
several). Often the most popular sports to play
and the most entertaining to watch, team sports
such as football, basketball and baseball have
large fan bases that cheer on their favorite
squads.
⚫ An individual or dual sport can cross over
to a team sport. For example, when
you’re playing tennis at the Olympics,
you’re competing on an individual level.
But your score also contributes to your
country’s team score as a whole.
Examples of some of the most
popular team sports include:
⚫ Basketball
⚫ Football
⚫ Baseball
⚫ Handball
⚫ Hockey
⚫ Volleyball
⚫ The main benefit of team sports is
teamwork. Working together encourages
communication, problem-solving and
putting aside your differences to reach
the common goal, which is to win. A
good team can motivate all its members
and hold them accountable. However, if
this backfires, it can show as a major
disadvantage.
⚫ When members of the team don’t get
along, it can affect their overall
performance. If one person isn’t bringing
their A-game, it may demotivate the rest.
Large teams also often need the
oversight of a coach in order to perform
their best together. If a coach is good at
their job, they’ll bring out the best in the
teammates. However, if they’re
ineffective, they can bring the whole team
down.
⚫Thank you for listening!!!