Alphabet Game -SPORTS

[Dorothy Donn]

V - Vault — an artistic gymnastics event for men and women, in which the athlete leaps over a vault or pommel horse, using the hands for pushing off.

[Jannette Nieuwboer]

Thanks, Ann good to know I did not know that.

 

Like so many other sports words used here.

[Sharon Murray]

W - weight lifting

[Ann Seeber]

X = Xare — a racket sport, a form of Basque pelota, where players face each other across a net that is strung across the middle of an indoor court.

[Corrie Kinkel]

Y = Yell

[James Durrant]

Z = Zorbing.   Zorbing is the recreation or sport of rolling downhill inside an orb, typically made of transparent plastic.

[Dorothy Donn]

A - Angling — often used to refer to fishing, it is the principal method of sport fishing.

[Bonnie Ballentine]

B = backhand...a ground stroke used in tennis, pickleball, raquetball, table tennis, badminton...and any raquet/paddle sports I have forgotten.

[Michele]

C = Curling

[Susan Ewart]

D= Dancing...before they did it "with the stars"

[Michele]

LOL, Susan.

[Sharla]

E = Endurance Running

[Bonnie Ballentine]

F = foot fault

[Lynda DiGregor]

G - Gymnastics.

[Ann Seeber]

H = Handball

[Lynda DiGregor]

I - Ice Skating

[Ann Seeber]

J = Judo

[Cassel]

K = Kata, a part of karate when you perform a "routine" of movements.

[Bonnie Ballentine]

L = let...a tennis serve that hits the net and lands legally. In tennis, I believe this is a redo. We use to have let serve in pickleball but now, it is playable.

[Sharla]

M = Mud wrestling

[Lynda DiGregor]

N - Nascar

[Sharon Murray]

O - offside

[Ann Seeber]

P= Pole Dancing

[Lynda DiGregor]

Q - Quarterback

[Bonnie Ballentine]

R = round robin...a tournament format where you play every team/player in your group.