Important Sports Terminologies
Terms related to sports are asked in the general awareness section of various competitive exams. Here is the complete list of Important terminologies related to sports that an aspirant should know.
| Sports | Important Terms Related to Sports |
| Terms related to Cricket | Beamer, Appeal, Bails, Edge (snick or nick), Maiden, Yorker, Golden duck, Seam, Bouncer, Doosra, Googly, Third man, Twelfth man, Wide Ball, Spin, Dead ball, Runout, Hit Wicket, Powerplay, Catch, Sixer, No ball, LBW, Maiden over, Stumped, Follow on, Crease, etc |
| Terms related to Hockey | Short corner, Bully, Dangle, Faceoff, Slapshot, Offside, Hattrick, Goal, Penalty Corner, Penalty stroke, Pushing, Cut, Scoop, Bender, Delayed Penalty, Celly, Five-hole, Hand Pass, Hash marks, The House, etc |
| Terms related to Boxing | Bare Knuckle, Blocking, Check hook, Club Fighter, Liver shot, Bob and Weave, Bolo punch, Long Cunt, Overhand punch, Carded Boxer, Upper cut, etc |
| Terms related to Football | Offside, Move, Goal Line, Yellow card, Red card, Counterattack, Hattrick, Foul, Goal Mouth, Left out, Rightout, Goalkeeper, Stopper, Defender, Header, Side back, Pass, Inswinger, Baseline, Rebound, Kickoff, Comer back, Goal Kick, Near post, etc |
| Terms related to Tennis | Ace, Ad Court, Advantage, Alley, Angle-game, Backhand, Ball, Ballboys, Baseline, Crosscourt, Double Fault, Forecourt, Footfault, Service, Deuce, Advantage, Game Point, Breakpoint, etc |
| Terms related to Badminton | Service, Deuce, Smash, Drop, Net, Game, Love, Double Fault, Shuttlecock, Fore-hand, Back Hand, Hit, etc |
| Terms related to Baseball | Pitcher, Strike, Diamond, Bunting, Home Run, Put Out, Base runner, Throw, etc |
| Terms related to Basketball | Alley-oop, Dunk, Box-Out, Carry the Ball, Cherry Picking, Lay-up, Fast Break, Traveling, Free throw, Common foul, Underhead, Technical foul, Overhead, etc. |
| Terms related to Billiards | Jigger, Break, Scratch, Cannons, Pot, Cue, In Baulk, Pot Scratch, In Off, Pull, Hit, Object ball, Scoring, etc |
| Terms related to Golf | Hole, Bogey, Put, Stymie, Tee, Links, Putting The green, Ace, Albatross, Double eagle, All square, Approach putt, Apron, Ball mark, Ballooning, Beach, Birdie, Blind shot, Bogey, Bunker, Caddy, etc |
| Terms related to Wrestling | Freestyle, Illegal Hold, Nearfall, Clamping, Point, Heave, etc |
| Terms related to Table Tennis | Smash, Drop, Deuce, Spin, Late Service, Volley, Drive spin, Half volley, Backhand, Chop, etc |
| Terms related to Shooting | Bag, Plug, Skeet, Bull's eye, Rapidfire Pistol, Standard rifle, Free pistol, Air rifle, Range, etc. |
| Terms related to Chess | Gambit, Checkmate, Stalemate, Check, Move, etc |
| Terms related to Volley Ball | Blocking, Doubling, Smash, Point, Serve, Volley, Spikers, Booster, Deuce, Sidearm, Penetration, etc |
| Terms related to Judo | White, Blue, Green belt, Cocoa, etc |
| Terms related to Polo | Mallet, Goal, Sixty yards, Chukker, Polo-bunker |
| Terms related to Swimming | Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly stroke, Pool, Crawl, Add Up, Anchor, Carpool, Dryland, False Start, Heats, Jump, Lane Lines, Paddle, Split, Stroke, Yardage, etc. |
| Terms related to Athletics | Hurdles, Shot Put, Discus Throw, Hammer Throw, High Jump, Triple Jump, Cross Country, Pole-vault, Relay, Track, Lane, Sprint, Steeplechase, Track and field, etc. |
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