CHARACTERISTICS

TEAM SPORTS TEAM SPORTS WITH MORE TEAM SPORTS WITH LESS
THAN
Volleyball
THAN 8 PLAYERS 8 PLAYERS
Football (soceer Football (soccer) 11 Volleyball 6
Handball American footall 11 Handball 7
Baseball Baseball 9 Ice – hockey 6
Ice hockey Water polo 7
Water polo Basketball 5
basketball

INDOORS SPORTS
Volleyball, judo, pool, swimming,
weightlifting, tennis (outdoors also possible),
chess, boxing, table tennis, handball, cycling
(outdoors also posible), ice hockey, bowling,
wáter polo, basketball.
 BALL SPORTS RACKET SPORTS NET SPORTS WATER SPORTS VEHICLE SPORTS TARGET SPORTS
VOLLEYBALL TABLE TENNIS TABLE TENNIS SWIMMING CAR RACING GOLF
GOLF
POOL TENNIS TENNIS WATER POLO MOTORCICLE POOL
TENNIS RACING
FOOTBALL (soccer) VOLLEYBALL FISHING BOWLING
AMERICAN CYCLING
FOOTBALL SURFING
TABLE TENNIS
HANDBALL
BASEBALL
BOWLING
WATER POLO
BASKETBALL

SPORTS THAT SPORTS THAT SPORTS THAT SPORTS WITHOUT GRASS COURT SORTS SPORTS PRACTICED SPORTS IN WHICH
INVOLVE ANIMALS INVOLVE TABLES REQUIERE PHYSICAL CONTACT IN CIRCUITS PLAYERS RUN
HELMETS BETWEEN PLAYERS
HORSE RACING POOL CAR RACING VOLLEYBALL (Artificial grass HORSE RACING VOLLEYBALL
AMERICAN HORSE RACING included): MARATHON
HORSE RIDING TABLE TENNIS FOOTBALL POOL GOLF – TENNIS CAR RACING BASKETBALL
CYCLING SWIMMING FOOTBALL TENNIS
FISHING CHESS BASEBALL MARATHON (SOCCER) MARATHON FOOTBALL
ICE-HOCKEY SURFING AMERICAN (SOCCER)
POLO MOTORCYCLE WEIGHTLIFTIN FOOTBALL CYCLING AMERICAN
RACING G BASEBALL FOOTBALL
HORSE RACING CAR RACING HORSE RACING MOTORYCLE HANDBALL
TENNIS RACING BASEBALL
CHESS
TABLE TENNIS
 FISHING
CYCLING
ARCHEEREY
BOWLING
MOTORCYCLE
RACING

Sports in wich draws (ties) are probable results: FOOTBALL (SOCCER), CHESS, HANDBALL, WATER POLO
VOCABULARY KEEP–IN-SHAPE SPORTS CENTRE

PLACES WHERE SPORTS ARE PLAYED

VERBS
A PITCH…. A HALL ….
 FOOTBALL GIMNASTICS
 RUGBY TABLE TENNIS
 HOCKEY
 CRICKET
You can…
A COURT…. A RING ….
 Pass
 BASKETBALL BOXING
 Throw  TENNIS
 Hit  VOLLEYBALL
 Catch  SQUASH
 BADMINTON
 Head
 Kick a ball A COURSE…. SLOPES ….

 Dribble  GOLF SKIING

 Bat A POOL …. A TRACK ….
 Win  SWIMMING RUNNING
 Lose, etc  DIVING CYCLING
MOTOR RACING
VOCABULARY Equipment and clothes
IN TENNIS …. IN FOOTBALL…. IN BASKETBALL …. IN RUGBY ….

 tennis racket.-  Football  Basketball  Ball

 tennis ball.-  Boots  Kit (shirt and  Shirt
 Skirt  Kit (shirt and shorts)  Boots
 T- shirt shorts)  gloves
 Shorts  Goalkeeper’s
 sweatband gloves
 Shin guards (AmE)
 Shin pads (BrE)s

IN SWIMMING …. IN SWIMMING…. IN BOXING ….

We say “do”or “swim”
 Swimsuit  Freestyle  Towel
 Trunks (men)  Crawl  Shorts
 Swimming cap  Backstroke  Boots
 Googles  butterfly  gloves
 When we speaking about gymnastics, this
Vocabulary comes Handy.-

WARM-UP Exercises include:

 handstand : to stand on hands.-
 pike : standing, legs together, body bent forward.-
 straddle: standing, both legs out to the side.
 Stretch: standing or on the floor. Straight legs, straigth arms.-
 Bridge: on all fours, arched-back position
 Split: on the floor, legs at 180 degrees
 Tuck: legs bent at the hips.-

We can use the verbs…

 To bend.-
 To stretch.-
 To flex.-
How do we express the scoring?
In the most games you score GOALS or POINTS
Examples:
GOALS POINTS
o Football - Tennis.-
o Rugby - basketball.-
o hockey