Would you want to be a :
- athlete
- badminton player
- basketball player
- cyclist
- diver
- football player
- golfer
- gymnast
- hockey player
- jockey
- ice skater
- racing driver
- rugby player
- skier
- soccer player
- surfer
- swimmer
- tennis player
- volleyball player
For more information on Cambridge First Certificate classes with The Boston School please telephone:
044 310 30 38
List of Sports
Remember some sports are different :
example :
- archery (do)
- athletics (do)
example :
- badminton (play)
- basketball (play)
Which do you do or which do you play?
- baseball
- boxing
- curling
- cycling
- diving
- football
- gliding
- golf
- gymnastics
- hockey
- ice hockey
- lacrosse
- motor sports
- rugby
- running
- skiing
- snowboarding
- soccer
- squash
- swimming
- tennis
- volleyball
- windsurfing
Sports
Useful Sports Vocabulary
- ace
- basket
- bat
- captain
- circuit
- court
- course
- cue
- curved ball
- defense
- deuce
- downhill
- drive
- final
- foul
- forward
- free kick
- game
- golf club
- goalie
- halftime
- hockey stick
- ice-skates
- kit
- match
- net
- off side
- opposition
- out of bounds
- pitch
- position
- putt
- quarter
- race
- racing car
- racket
- record
- red card
- referee
- rink
- saddle
- sailboard
- score
- sending off
- set
- shuttle cock
- sin bin
- skill
- skis
- slice shot
- stadium
- surfboard
- target
- team
- tee
- time
- timer
- touchdown
- whistle
- yellow card
The sin-bin is the bench where all players who have committed an offence sit out of the game for a period of time.
St. Andrews 2003, Fergus Muir hit his putter off of the tee on the fifth hole and 375 feet later the ball dropped into the cup for a hole-in-one and the world's longest successful putt.
Danny Higginbottom of Louisiana holds the worls record for the highest shallow dive. Danny dived 8.90m into 30cm of water!
The hour record for bicycles is the record for the longest distance cycled in one hour on a bicycle. The first recorded hour record was in 1876 when F. L. Dodds rode 26.508 km (16.471 mi) on a penny-farthing bicycle.
The Swiss goalkeeper Pascal Zuberbuhler saved Shevchenko's first penalty!
Natalia Kanounnikova set a new Guinness World Record at Rockefeller Center for the fastest spin on ice skates
Useful Verbs For Sports
- beat
- catch
- cycle
- dive
- hit
- kick
- pass
- practice
- race
- ride
- save
- score (a point / a goal)
- serve
- shoot
- skate
- ski
- swim
- surf
- tackle
- train
- throw
- volley
- win
For more information please telephone
Rose Nassif Travers on (+41) 044 310 30 38
The Boston School Schaffhauserstrasse 331 8050 Zürich
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