Sporting Vocabulary & Terms

Sporting Vocabulary & Terms (This page will grow as more sports are added) THE CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE List-1:  Sport, Equipment, Sportswear, Place/Venue List-2:  Sport, People, Action Verbs, Sporting Terms DO v GO v PLAY RELATED PAGES Link to more free vocabulary lists & ESL exercises External Link: Table Tennis Links Suggest a sport & send vocabulary (Please write: 'sport vocabulary' in the subject line) Chants for young supporters at sports events Coach songs for school outings
SPORT	EQUIPMENT	SPORTSWEAR	PLACE/VENUE
BOXING people, verbs, vocabulary for boxing	towel stool	gloves shorts	boxing ring hall
CRICKET people, verbs, vocabulary for cricket	bat ball stumps wicket	whites shin pads box	pitch
TABLE-TENNIS people, verbs, vocabulary for table-tennis	bat table ball	normal sportswear	sports hall
HOCKEY(known as field hockey in America) people, verbs, vocabulary for hockey	hockey stick ball	tee-shirt shorts hockey boots shin pads	hockey field
ICE HOCKEY	hockey stick puck		ice rink
DIVING people, verbs, vocabulary for diving	1 metre & 3 metre spring boards diving board	swimming costume (female) (slang: 'cossie') swimming trunks (male) swimming cap	pool
POOL	cue 9 balls pool table	casual clothing	pool hall
SWIMMING people, verbs, vocabulary for swimming	ear-plugs nose-clip armbands floats goggles	swimming costume (female) (slang: 'cossie') swimming trunks (male) swimming cap	pool
SPORT	PEOPLE	ACTION VERBS	RELEVANT VOCABULARY
BOXING equipment, clothes, place for boxing	boxer referee	to box to punch to jab to duck to parry to dodge to knock s.o. out to be knocked down to come round	an uppercut a southpaw a knockout the count a round the bell
TABLE-TENNIS equipment, clothes, place for table-tennis	player umpire	to play table-tennis to play doubles to serve to chop to loop to return a serve to do topspin to do forehand/backhand to bounce to double-bounce to score a point	a rally a leg a match service sidespin SCORES 0-0 = love all 2-0 = two/love 20-20 = deuce 21-11= game/eleven
HOCKEY equipment, clothes, place for hockey	player goalkeeper umpire	to play hockey to do a ........ to tackle to block to cross sticks to push the ball to flick the ball to score (against..) to blow the whistle	team the circle the penalty corner TO BE ...... offside disqualified TO DO ...... a reverse stick a flick a push a slapshot a bully a side hit a cross
CRICKET equipment, clothes, place for cricket	cricketer umpire	to play cricket to bat to win/lose the toss to bowl  to hit the ball for six to be caught out to have (10) runs	leg before wicket a century runs
DIVING equipment, clothes, place for diving	a diver	to dive to enter the water (like a dart) to create too much splash to do a belly-flop	TO DO: a forward 1½ somersault with 1 twist a back .... with ...... a reverse ..... with ....
POOL	a pool player	to play pool	chalk
SWIMMING equipment, clothes, place for swimming	a swimmer	to swim to float to do backstroke to do thebutterflystroke/thecrawl/thebreaststroke	a gala a belly-flop (slang for doing a horizontal dive and landing on your stomach)

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DO/GO/PLAY

Be careful when using DO + a sport or activity What sports do you DO? I DO swimming, sailing, hockey, skiing, football and squash <>()<> What activities to you DO (in your free time)? I DO yoga, gymnastics, aerobics and chess. <>()<> What are you DOING tonight?  I'm DOING boxing, swimming, sailing, hockey, skiing, football, squash, yoga, gymnastics, aerobics I'm PLAYING chess, hockey, football, pool I'm GOING swimming, sailing, skiing. I'm GOING to yoga, to gymnastics, to aerobics <>()<> Where are you GOING tonight? I'm GOING swimming, sailing, skiing. I'm GOING to yoga, to gymnastics, to aerobics I'm GOING to PLAY chess, pool I'm GOING to THE pool hall, swimming pool <>()<> This section was added in response to a query from Ewa Schlünssen, Denmark.