“Sports ABCs,” Friend, Sept. 1996, 14
Sports ABCs
Some of these sports and sports terms may be new to you. You may like to do this as a fun family activity.
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Sport that uses a bow and arrows
a __ __ __ __ __ __ -
Sport with three bases and a home plate
b __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -
Lawn game that uses mallets, balls, and wickets
c __ __ __ __ __ __ -
Sport in which one plunges into water
d __ __ __ __ __ -
Area where a touchdown is made
e __ __ __ __ __ __ -
Sport in which a touchdown is made
f __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -
Game played on grass with small, hard, dimpled balls
g __ __ __ -
Sport played on ice
h __ __ __ __ __ -
Olympic winter sport that is judged on both technical merit and artistic impression
i __ __ - __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -
Conditioning exercise for boxing; school yard activity, usually by girls
j __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -
Beginning play in a football game
k __ __ __ __ __ __ -
Zero in tennis
l __ __ __ -
Race of 26.2 miles (42.2 k)
m __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -
Object to hit a ball over in tennis and volleyball
n __ __ -
Worldwide summer or winter games held every two years
O __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -
Table tennis
P __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ -
Player who calls the signals on a football team
q __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -
Item used to hit a tennis ball
r __ __ __ __ __ -
“Bird” hit in badminton
s __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -
Sport of “Game, set, match!”
t __ __ __ __ __ -
Matching clothes worn by team members
u __ __ __ __ __ __ -
Sport in which the ball is hit over the net by players’ hands
v __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -
Sport in which a ball is thrown into a goal that is anchored in water
w __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -
Skiing across the terrain rather than downhill (Note: the X is used as a rebus figure in this answer, and stands for the word cross.)
X- __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -
Sport in which luxury boats race
y __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -
Score that players try not to have (in most sports)
z __ __ __