Below is list of all sports terminologies and all important terms associated with different sports. These terms are asked frequently in many competitive exams under GK category so candidates preparing to crack any competitive exams are required to have good knowledge of these sports terms.
List of All Important Terms Associated with Different Sports and Games
| Sports Name | Important Terms |
|---|---|
| Archery | Target, Bull’s Eye |
| Badminton | Backhand Low Serve, Bird, Deuce, Fault, Flick Serve, Forehand Smash, Let, Lob, Love All, net Shots, Rush, Let, Smash. |
| Baseball | Base, Battery, Bunting, Catcher, Diamond, Hitter, Home, Infield, Outfield, Pinch, Pitcher Plate, Pullout, Short Stop, Hitter, Batter, Strike |
| Basketball | Blocking, Dribbling, Free Throw, Held Ball, Holding, Jump Ball, Multiple Throws, Pivot |
| Billiards | Baulk Line, Break, Bolting, Cannon, Cue, Hazard, In-off, Jigger, Long, Jenny, Pot, Scratch, Screw Back, short Stop, Strike. |
| Boxing | Auxiliary Point System, Rabbit Punch, Break, Cut, Defense, Down, Hook, Jab, Welter Weight, Knock-out, Upper Cut, Weight In |
| Bridge | Auction, Bid, Chicane, Cut, Declarer, Doubleton, Dummy, Finesse, Grand Slam, Little Slam, No-trumps, Over-trick, Revoke, rubber, Ruff, Shuffle, Suit, Vulnerable |
| Chess | Bishop, Capture, Castling, Checkmate, En Passant, Gambit, Grand Master, King, Knight, Pawn, Queen, Rook, Stalemate, Sicilian Defense |
| Cricket | Boundary, Bowling, Caught, Chinaman, Cover Drive, Crease, Doosra, Duck, Duckworth-Lewis, Fine Leg, Follow On, Full Toss, Googly, Gully, Hat-trick, Hit-Wicket, In-swinger, l.b.w., Leg-break, Leg-bye, Leg Glance, late Cut, maiden over, No Ball, Off Break, On Drive, Out, Out-swinger, Over, over Pitch, Popping Crease, Run Out, Short Pitch, Silly Point, Slip, Square Leg, Straight Drive, Stumped, Short leg, Spin, Swing, Third-man, Yorker |
| Croquet | Hoops, Mallet, Peg Out |
| Football | Blind Side, Centre Forward, Corner Kick, Dead Ball, Free Kick, Goal kick, Golden Goal, Hat-trick, Marking, Off-Side, Penalty Kick, Penalty Shootout, Red Card, Striker, Throw In, Tie-Breaker, Tripping |
| Golf | Bogey, Bunker, Caddie, Fairway, Fourball, Greed Holes, Links, Par, Put, Rough, Stymied, Tee |
| Gymnastics | A-bars, Ariel, Blocks, Cone of Swing, Dish, Flairs, Giants, Kip, Tumble, Wrap |
| Hockey | Advantage, Back-stick, Bully, Cary, Centre Forward, Centre, Corner, Dribble, Flick, Free-hit, Goal Line, Blue line, Green Card, Halfway Line, Hat-trick, Off-side, Red Car, Roll -in, Scoop, Short Corner, Sixteen-yard hit, Square Pass, Drop pass, Stick, Striking Circle, Tackle, Tie-breaker, Penalty Corner, Long Corner, Zonal Marking |
| Horse Racing | Jockey, Punter, Steeplechase, Bookies, Thorough Bred. |
| Judo | Ashi-waza, chui, Dan, Dojo, Gyaku, Hajime, Ippon, Jigotai, Kaeshiwaza, Koka, Makikomi, Nage-waza, O-goshi, Randori, Scarf, Tani-Otoshi, Uchi-komvi, Waki-gatame, Yoshi, Yuko. |
| Karate | Age Zuki, Ai-uchi, Aka, Chakugan, Dachi, Encho Sen, Fudotachi, Gedan, Geri, Hajime, Ibuki, Jion, Kakato, Koka, Makiwara, Nidan, Obi, Rei, Sanbon, Shiro, Tobigeri, Ude, Waza-ari, Yoko-geri, Zanshin, Zen-no |
| Polo | Bunker, Chukker, Mallet |
| Rowing | Bow, Bucket, Cow, Ergometer, Feather, Paddle, Drop, Regatta |
| Rugby Football | Tackle, Lines, Scrum, Touch, Try |
| Shooting | Bag, Bull’s Eye, Marksmanship, Muzzle, Plug |
| Skiing | Tobogganing |
| Swimming | Breast Stroke, Crawl, Butterfly, Freestyle, Back Stroke |
| Table Tennis | Anti Loop, Backspin, Chop, Loop, Pen-hold Grip, Push, Spin, Twiddle |
| Tennis | Ace, Backhand Stroke, Deuce, Deep Volley, Deuce, Double Fault, Fault, Ground Stroke, Half Volley, Let, Love, Slice, Smash, Topspin, Volley |
| Volleyball | Ace, Base-line, Blocking, Doubling, Foot Fault, Heave, Holding, Jump Set, Lob Pass, Love-All, Point, Quick Smash, Scouting, Service, Spike, Tactical Ball, Volley, Windmill Service |
| Weight Lifting | Clean and Jerk, Bench Press |
| Wrestling | Half-Nelson, Head Lock, Heave, Freestyle, Hold, Rebouts, Scissor |
| Yachting | Soling Tempest, Flying Dutchman, Tornado |
Above we have tried to include all important sports terms which are asked frequently in competitive exams. Still if you found any missing or erroneous entry please comment below or mail to us at careerguide.co@gmail.com.
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