There are hundreds of games and sports played all around the world including; football, cricket, hockey, badminton, tennis, golf and other sports. Different terms are used in these games and sports.
There are questions about sports terminology which have been asked in various exams and interviews.
In this article we have listed all those terms associated with various games and sports played globally.
Sports Terms List
Here is the list of commonly used terms related to various sports and games.
Football:
Advantage, Centre forward, Corner kick, Direct free kick, Dribbling, Foul, Golden goal, Goal kick, Hat-trick, Injury time, Marking, Offside, Own goal, Penalty kick, Red card, Substitute, Sudden death, Sweeper, Tackle, Throw in, Wings, Yellow card.
Cricket:
Boundary, Over boundary, Maiden over, third umpire, Runs, Strike rate, Economy rate, wides, overs, not out, Centuries, half-centuries, stumped, Hit wicket, bowled, Run out No ball, Leg bye, Bye, Fielding, Innings, Stumps,bails, Crease, Pitch, Wicket.
Vollyball:
Baseline, Blocking, Dubling, Foot fault, Hiv, Holding, Jump set, Luv all, Tactical ball, Volly, Windmill service, lobpass, Point, game, Quick smash, Serve, Backhand serve , Forhand smash, Smash, Netshot, Lob, Fault, Double drop, Diush, Bird, Rush, Pass, Set, Attack, Dig
Badminton:
Dush, Advantage, Half volly, Lov, Smash, Ground stroke, Deep volly, S service, Slice, Drop shot, Backhand stroke, Double fault, Out, Net
Lawn tennis:
Punch, Break, Cut, Defence, Knock, Knock out, Second eight, Win by knock out, Upper cut, Weight in, Bubbit punch
Boxing:
Bestball, Foresum, Bougi, Bunker, Hole, Kaddy, Dormy, Fareway, Forball, Greed holes, Links, Niblick, Pur, Pute, Tea, Stimid, Ruf
Chess:
Bishop, Kasling, Capture, Draw, Check mate, N pashant, Gambit, Grand master, Oskar, Under promoting, Pon, Night, King, Stale nate, Ruck
Golf:
Aka, Chaku gun, Datchi, Enechosen, Fudotouchi, Gedun, Geri, Obi, Hajime, Ibokee, Zeon, Kakato, Koko, Nidan, Sunbano, Siro, Ude
Karrate:
Bunker, Chukker, Mullet
Kabaddi:
Cant, Raider, Anti-Raider or Anti, Raid, Successful Raid, Struggle, Super Tackle, Super Raid, Bonus Points, Do or Die, Raid, Pursuit, All-Out
Kho Kho:
Chaser, Runner, Cross lane, Central lane, Kho, Late-Kho, Line-cut, Changing the direction, Early getup, Square, Minus-Kho, Lobby, Free Zone, Pole,
Cards:
Oxan, Bridge, Chicken, Cut, Little slum, Notram pos, Revoke, Suffle, Vulnarable
Hocky:
Backstis, Bully, Curry, Dribble, Carret, Korner, Penalty corner, Zonal marking, Sixten, Yard hit, Scoop, Goal line, Green card, Click
Baseball:
Boss, Battery, Banting, Katcher, Diamond, Hitter, Home, Infield, Outfield, Shortstop Pull out, Pitcher plate, Pinch
Zudo:
Asi-oaza, Chui, Dun, Dozo, Hazimi, Yippon, Zigotie, Koko Makikomi, Nage oaza, o-Gosi, Rundori, Tuni otosi, Uchi komvi, Yoshi, Uco
Zimnastic:
A-baross, Ariel, Blocks, Dis, Inlocate, Tariff, Bim, Floor exercise Virtusacity, rap
Billiyard:
Bunk line, Break, Bolting, Canon, Kiu, Stroke
Roing:
Bou, Bucket, Kou, Ergometer, Feather, Paddle, Rigatra
Basketball:
Ball, Busket, Blocking, Dribbling, Free-through, Held ball, Jump ball, Pivot
Table tennis:
Backspinn, Lope, Chop, Penhostgrip, Push, Spin, Tuidil
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Frequently Asked Questions about Terms Related to Sports
Q1. Which of the following terms used in kabaddi?
- Advantage
- Boundary
- Baseline
- Cant
Answer: D. Cant
Q2. Which of the following terminology is used in kho kho?
- Boss
- Chaser
- Pinch
- Gosi
Answer: B. Chaser
Q3. Which of the following terms used in badminton?
- Dush
- Dig
- Punch
- Bougi
Answer: A. Dush
