Important Sports Terminology For General Awareness
Yourclasses are here to provide you with a “List of Sports Terms” for SSC, Bank, and Railways Exams. The General Awareness section is an important part of all Government exams and scoring marks in this section is the easiest since no calculations and solutions are required. We wish you good luck for the upcoming Exams.
Important Terms used in games:-
| Sports Terms | Sports Terminology |
| Boat Race | Cox. |
| Badminton | Court, Double Fault, Dues, Advance, Love, Flick Serve.
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| Basketball | Basket, Blocking, Dribbling, Free Throw, Held Ball, Holding,
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| Baseball: | Pitcher; Strike; Diamond; Bunting; Home; Pinch, Short Stop, Strike, Ring Guard, Key Hole, Pivot Tip-Off, |
| Billiards/snooker | Queue, Jigger, Break Pot, Inlock, Hazard, Cans, Cue, Scratch. Bolting, Cannon, In-off,
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| Boxing: | Jab; Hook; Punch; Knock-out; Uppercut, Bounce,
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| Squash : | Lob , Kill, Hot Ball, Drive. |
| Archery : | Target, Bulls Eye, Muzzle, Plug. |
| Lawn Tennis: | Half Vally, Hand Drive, Dues, |
| Table Tennis: | Rally Late, Top Spin, Chinese Grip, Foil, Falt Hit. |
| Swimming: | Butterfly, Breast Strock |
| Shooting: | Target, Bulls Eye, Muzzle, Trench Shooting, Plug |
| Polo: | Bunker, Chukker, Mallet. |
| Kho-Kho: | Runner; Chaser; Poleby; Out; Foul. |
| Horse Racing: | Punter; Jockey; Place; Win; Protest. |
| Hockey: | Stick, Penalty Strock, Scoop, Side-Line, Half Bally. |
| Golf: | Pull Hall, The Green, Bunker, Par, Lie, Bogey, Caddie, Tee. |
| Football: | Free Kick, Hat trick, Sweeper, throwing, Handball, Header, Dummy, Dribble. |
| Croquet : | Mallett; Hoops. |
| Cricket: | LBW, Hat Trick, Duck, Gully, Cover, Hit Wicket, Googly, Crease, Follow On, Duck, |
| Chess | Pawn, Checkmate, Bishop, Castle, Knight, Pawn, Queen, Rook,
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