Sports Signs
Five Parameters of ASL
Time Signs
Expand Classifier Skill
Past, Present, and Future
ASL Literature
The Rule of 9
Example: During the winter – IN the winter. Also used for ON Tuesdays I …
which means “during the days of Tuesday. “
I TEND-TO shop on Wednesdays. OR I USUALLY exercise on Fridays. OR
TYPICALLY I cook dinner around 6:00.
This must be a California sign, as I have never seen it used in Texas. I sign
SNOW SURF.
 COME-ON
 HOCKEY
 INVOLVE/to be INCLUDED
 to ICE-SKATE
 MANY
 to JOG
 ALL YEAR/YEAR ROUND
 KARATE/
 DURING/IN/ON
 to PLAY

 TEAM

 TEND-TO/USUALLY

 BASEBALL

 BASKETBALL

 to RIDE-BIKE

 BOWLING

 FOOTBALL

 GOLF

 GYMNASTICS

MARITIAL-ARTS
to SCUBA-DIVE
to SNOWBOARD
SOCCER
SOFTBALL
to SURF
to SWIM
TENNIS
VOLLEYBALL (x2)
WATER-POLO
WRESTLING
Have you been scuba diving? Or…
Do you know how to scuba dive?
YOU EXPERIENCE S-C-U-B-A HUH
FINISH
This sign is often used instead of LOVE-IT.
I’m CRAZY-FOR chocolate.
Alternate Sign
 EXPERIENCE
 WOW/CRAZY-FOR
 to BUNGEE-JUMP
 to CAMP
 to EXERCISE/LIFT-WEIGHTS
 to FISH
 to HIKE
 to PLAY-CARDS
 to SKATEBOARD
 to SKYDIVE
 COME-ON
 HOCKEY
 to BUNGEE-JUMP
 INVOLVE/to be
 to ICE-SKATE
 to CAMP
 to JOG
 to EXERCISE/LIFT-













INCLUDED
MANY
ALL YEAR/YEAR
ROUND
DURING/IN/ON
to PLAY
TEAM
TEND-TO/USUALLY
BASEBALL
BASKETBALL
to RIDE-BIKE
BOWLING
FOOTBALL
GOLF
GYMNASTICS
 KARATE/











WEIGHTS
to FISH
to HIKE
to PLAY-CARDS
to SKATEBOARD
to SKYDIVE
MARITIAL-ARTS

to SCUBA-DIVE

to SNOWBOARD

SOCCER

SOFTBALL

to SURF
to SWIM
TENNIS
Remember these?
VOLLEYBALL (x2)
WATER-POLO
WRESTLINGEXPERIEN
CE
WOW/CRAZY-FOR
CL:5 can represent at least 5 or
more people engaged in an
activity such as walking. The
concept of CL:5 is more people
than can easily be counted.
CL:B can represent flat objects. CL:B also
provides a bird’s eye view of objects
normally shown with CL:3. Use CL:3 when
describing a vehicle in which you are
not involved, but CL:B if you were a
passenger or driving the vehicle.
CL: Bent V can represent a pair
of human legs in a seated
position or animals and insects.
Spoken/written poetry.
Remember…
Never feel locked
into the English
words use for the
gloss. See the
implied distance in
the past.
Phrases like
NEXT-WEEK-TUESDAY
are signed like this:
Combine the
sign for
NEXT-WEEK
with the day of
the week sign.

COME-ON

SURF

CL:B – CAR-ON-WINDING-ROAD 
HEAR

INVOLVE/INCLUDED

SWIM

ASL-POETRY

TALK

MANY

TENNIS

POETRY

UMPIRE

ALL-YEAR/YEAR-ROUND

VOLLEYBALL X2

HANDSHAPE

FAST/QUICK

DURING/IN/ON

WATER-POLO

STORY/tell a STORY

LONG

PLAY

WRESTLING

PAST/AGO

STAY

TEAM

EXPERIENCE

USED-TO/BEFORE

TEND-TO/USUALLY

WOW X2

RECENT/A-LITTLE-WHILE-AGO

BASEBALL

BUNGEE-JUMP

VERY-RECENT/JUST

BASKETBALL

CAMP

PAST-MONTH

RIDE-A-BIKE

EXERCISE/LIFT-WEIGHTS

ONE-WEEK-PAST

BOWLING

FISHING

ONE-YEAR-PAST

FOOTBALL

HIKE

LONG-TIME-AGO

GOLF

PLAY-CARDS

WILL/FUTURE/IT-WILL-BE

GYMNASTICS

SKATEBOARD

DISTANT-FUTURE

HOCKEY

SKYDIVE

IN-A-FEW-DAYS

ICE-SKATE

CROWDED

TWO-DAY-AGO

JOG

FLOCK-TO

ONE-WEEK-FUTURE

KARATE/MARTIAL-ARTS

POPULAR

NEXT-WEEK-TUESDAY

SCUBA-DIVE

BOAT

ONE-YEAR-FUTURE

SNOWBOARD

BUG/ANT

SHORT-TIME/SOON

SOCCER

CL:B – EARS (animal)

SOON

SOFTBALL

CL:Bent V JUMP (animal)
CL:Bent V SIT-NEXT-TO

CALL-A-NAME/CALLED