Sports Talk

By Helen Friesen

Match the following terms with the proper sports by writing the number of each term in the blank by the sport it pertains to. Some terms may pertain to more than one sport.

• Badminton ________________

• Baseball ___________________

• Basketball _________________

• Bowling __________________

• Cricket ___________________

• Football __________________

• Hockey __________________

• Soccer ____________________

• Tennis ____________________

• Wrestling _________________

1. Ace	18. Fly pattern	35. Rebound
2. Alley	19. Forward	36. Ride
3. Backhand	20. Frame	37. Safety
4. Backward short-leg	21. Free throw	38. Service
5. Bird	22. Goalie	39. Silly mid-on
6. Blitz	23. Gutter	40. Slashing
7. Blue line	24. Half nelson	41. Slide
8. Bowler	25. High sticking	42. Spare
9. Bunt	26. Marking	43. Split
10. Catcher	27. Nose guard	44. Strike
11. Corner kick	28. Offside	45. Suicide squeeze
12. Double fault	29. Pin	46. Tackle
13. Double play	30. Pitch	47. Takedown
14. Dribble	31. Pop-up	48. Traveling
15. Dunk	32. Popping crease	49. Volley
16. Escape	33. Puck	50. Wicket
17. Fall	34. Racket

Answers:

• badminton—2, 3, 5, 34, 38, 49; baseball—9, 10, 13, 30, 31, 41, 45; basketball—14, 15, 19, 21, 35, 48; bowling—2, 8, 20, 23, 29, 42, 43, 44; cricket—4, 8, 30, 32, 39, 50; football—6, 18, 27, 28, 37, 46; hockey—7, 19, 22, 25, 28, 33, 35, 40; soccer—11, 14, 19, 22, 26, 28, 30, 46, 49; tennis—1, 2, 3, 12, 34, 38, 49; wrestling—16, 17, 24, 29, 36, 47. Other answers are possible.