Some Important Sports Terminology

Some Important Sports Terminology

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Here is a post containing all the Important Sports Terminologies which are very important with respect to the upcoming competitive exams. Hope you all like the post..!!

Cricket:-

Some Important Measurement in Cricket
Length of Pitch	22 yards (20.11 meters)
Length of Crease	1.22 - 1.83 meters (4 ft)
Weight of Ball	155 to 163 gram
Circumference of the Ball	22.4-22.9 cm (9 inch)
Lenght of Bat	96.5 cm (38 inch)
Width of Bat	10.8 cm (4.25 inch)
Length of the Stumps	71.1 cm (28 inch)
Length of Bails	11.1 cm (each bail)

Some Important Terminology in Cricket

Played on, Appeal, Bye, Leg Bye, Power Play, Follow on, Dusara, Beamer, Hoober Shot, Lost Ball, Duckworth - Luis, Retired Hurt, Chinaman, Batsman, Bowler, Wicket Keeper, Fielder, LBW (Leg Before Wicket), Catch, Hit Wicket, Throw, Maiden over, Four, Sixer, Wide, Swing, Stroke, Cover, Mid on, Mid off, Mid Wicket, over the wicket, round the wicket, Leg spinner, Off spinner, Over throw, Over slip, Gulley, Cover point, Long off, Long on, Third man, Short pitch, Hook, Dead ball, Run out, Popping crease, Pitch, Bouncer (or Bumper), Full toss, Yorker, Yorked, Googley, Wicket Maiden, Snick, Duck, Hat-Trick, Rubber, The Ashes, Scoring a Ton etc.

Badminton:-

Some Important Measurement in Badminton
Length of court	44 fee
Width of the court	20 feet (for doubles) and 17 feet (for singles)
Height of the net	5 feet
Weight of Shuttle cock	4.74 to 5.50 gram
Overall length of the Racket	680 mm (2.5 ft) maximum
Overall width of the Racket	230 mm (9 inches) maximum
Overall length of the Racket head	290 mm (11.5 inches) maximum
Weight of the racket	85 to 140 grams

Some Important Terminology in Badminton
Badminton court, End, Trans Lines, Back gallery, Service Court, Let, Forward stroke, Backward Stroke, Toss or Lob, Clear, Smash, Net Strokes, Rally, Setting, First hand or Second hand, Side out, Base of operation, Rotation, Long service, Net Fault, Double fault, Foot fault, Service break, Match Point, Set point, High service, Cross shot, Service change, Drive, Drop shot, Duce, Advance etc.

Basketball:-

Some important measurements in Basketball
Length of the court	28 meter
Width of the court	15 meter
Height of the basket from ground	3.05 meter
Weight of the ball	600 to 650 grams

Some Important Terminology in Basketball
Dribbling, Front court, Second dribble, Two count stop, Travelling or shifting, Pivoting, Held ball, Jump ball, Violation, Foul, Feinting or Dodging, Shooting, Set shot, Ring, Guard point, Dead ball, Basket Rudnick, Hook Pass, Goal, Centre line, Free throw line, Onstead, Fast break, Lay-up shot, Man to man defence, Pack, Three point, Turn over, Assist, Throw, Goal Tending, Steal, Tap etc.

Football:-

Some Important Measurement in Football
Length of the ground (Field)	91 to 120 meters
Width of the ground (Field)	45 to 91 meters
Weight of the ball	396 to 453 grams
Circumference of the ball	98 to 71 cm

Some Important Terminology in Football
Abbey, Dribble, Extra time, Full back, Half back, Striker, Centre, Forward, Penalty kick, Free kick, Scissor kick, Goal kick, Direct kick, Corner kick, Referee, Tie breaker, Hat trick, Hand ball, Sweeper, Back, Throw in, Hand-ball (Fault), Touch line, Place Kick, or Kick off, Direct Free Kick, Indirect Free Kick, Tackle, Off side, Sliding Tackle, Drop Ball, Sudden death, Penalty shoot out etc.

Hockey:-

Some Important Measurement in Hockey
No. of Players	11 players in each team
Length of Playing field	91.44 meters
Width of the Playing field	50 to 55 meters
Weight of the Ball	155 to 163 grams
Circumference of the Ball	223- 224 cm
Colour of the Ball	White
Weight of the Hockey (Stick)	280 grams (max)

Some Important Terminology in Hockey

Advantage, Back-stick, Bully, Carry, Dribble, Dodge, Goal line, Green Card, Flick, Free hit, Face of Stick, Jab Stroke, Lung Stroke, Melle, Off side, Penalty shoot out, Short Corner, Striking circle or Shooting circle, Square pass, Tackling, Through pass, Under cutting, Stick, Penalty stroke, Scoop, Side line, Tie breaker, Penalty, Under cutting, Volley, Centre forward, Roll in, Push in, Shooting, Half volley, Full back etc.

Lawn Tennis:-

Some Important Measurement in Lawn Tennis
Length of the court	78 feet or 23.77 m (singles)
Width of the court	27 feet or 8.23 m (singles), 36 feet or 10.97 m (doubles)
Height of the net	3 feet (0.914 m)
Weight of the ball	56.0 to 59.4 gram
Maximum length of the frame of the racket	32 inches (81.28 cm)
Colour of the ball	White or Yellow

Some Important Terminology in Lawn Tennis
Ace, Advantage, A let, Back hand drive, Deuce, Chip Shot, Volley, Half Volley, Let fault, Foot fault, Double Fault, Smash, Service, Grand Slam, Singles sticks, Love, Slice.

Table Tennis:-

Some Important Measurement in Table Tennis
Length of the table	2.74 metre (9 feet)
Width of the table	1.52 metre (5 feet)
Height of the table	76 cn
Weight of the ball	2.4 to 2.53 gram
Diameter of the ball	37.2 to 38.2 mm
Colour of the ball	White or Yellow

Some Important Terminology in Table Tennis
Foil, End line, Late control, Flat hit, Block stroke, Service, Penholder grip, Back spin, Centre line, Half Court, Side spin, Swing stroke, Push Stroke, Rally, Let, Reverse, Top Spin, Drop shot, Lob, Chopped return, Counter hitting etc.

Volleyball:-

Some Important Measurement in Volleyball
Length of Court	18 meter
Width of Court	9 meter
Weight of ball	250 -260 grams
Circumference of the ball	65-67 cm
Net	1m (+/- 3cm) wide and 9.5 m long
Net's height	2.43 m (for men) and 2.24 m (for women)
Ball Internal Pressure	0.40 to 0.45 Kg/cm

Some Important Terminology in Volleyball

Antennae, Attack hit, Back zone players, Dribbling, Libero, Front Zone players, Blocking, Smash, Rotation, Boosting, Net fault, Volley Pass, Forearm pass, Service, Hook serve, Set up, Referee etc.

Chess:-

Some Important Measurement in Chess
The number of squares on a chessboard	64
Colour of the squares	White and Black

Some Important Terminology in Chess
Bishop, Gambit, Checkmate, Stalemate, Pawn, Grand-master etc.

Golf:-

Some Important Measurement in Golf
Diameter of the hole	4 inches

Some Important Terminology in Golf
Bogie, Fore some, Stymie, T, Put hole, Nib lick, Caddy, Limns, Iron, Putting, The green, Bunker etc.

Water Polo:-

Some Important Measurement in Water Polo
The Length and width of the field	30 X 20 yards

Some Important Terminology in Water Polo
2 metre line, 4 metre line, Goal line, Caps, Personal, Fault, Ball under etc.

Baseball:-

Some Important Measurement in Baseball
The distance of each base	90 feet
The distance of the base along with its hypotenuse	127 feet

Some Important Terminology in Baseball
Home, Diamond, Pitcher, Put out, Home run, Strike, Ant rubber etc.

Billiards:-

Some Important Terminology in Billiards
Cue, Jigger, Pot, Break Pot, In luck, In off, Cans, Bolting, Hazard, Long etc.

Rifle Shooting:-

Some Important Terminology in Rifle Shooting
Target, Bulls eye, Muzzle flub etc

Kho-Kho:-

Some Important Terminology in Kho-Kho
Chasers, Active Chaser, Runners, Diving, Taking a direction, To recede, Tapping, Trapping, Dupe turn, Late Kho, Giving Kho, Fake Kho etc.

Swimming:-

Some Important Terminology in Swimming
Crawl, Breast stroke, Spring Board, Twist, Butter fly etc.

Boxing:-

Some Important Measurement in Boxing
Length and width of the ring	Minimum 4.9X4.9 m square and maximum 6.10X6.10 m square

Some Important Terminology in Boxing
Punch, Upper cut, Round, Jab, Hook, Knock down, Knock out, Hitting willow, Ring, Break, Bell, Belt, Blow, Bounce, Bout etc.

Polo:-

Some Important Measurement in Polo
Length of the field	300 yards,
Width of the field	150 yards
Distance between the goals	250 yards
Distance between the goal points	8 yards

Some Important Terminology in Polo
Bunker, Chuker, Mallet etc

Wrestling:-

Some Important Measurement in Wrestling
In International Competitions there is a circular area with 9 metre diameter with circle in the centre of 1 metre diameter. Competitions played on a mattress, the mattress is 1:1 metre diameter high

Some Important Terminology in Wrestling
Heave, Half, Nelson, Rebuts, Hold sager etc