Flashcards: Sports terminology

Kenpō (拳法) is the name of several Japanese martial arts.

In games and sports, a tiebreaker or tiebreak is used to determine a winner from among players or teams that are tied at the end of a contest, or a set of contests.

Timewasting (or time-wasting) in the context of sports refers to the actions of one team which expend time, but do not otherwise have a tactical purpose.

(This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.) A sports rivalry is intense competition between athletic teams or athletes.

A racket or racquet is a sports implement consisting of a handled frame with an open hoop across which a network of strings or catgut is stretched tightly.

A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc.

A walkover or W.O.

Sportsmanship is an aspiration or ethos that a sport or activity will be enjoyed for its own sake, with proper consideration for fairness, ethics, respect, and a sense of fellowship with one's competitors.

Cantera, literally meaning "quarry" in Spanish, is a term used in Spain to refer to youth academies and farm teams organized by sports clubs.

A grappling hold (commonly referred to simply as a hold; in Japanese referred to as katame-waza, 固め技, "grappling technique") is a specific grappling, wrestling, judo or other martial arts grip that is applied to an opponent.

A referee or simply ref is the person of authority in a variety of sports who is responsible for presiding over the game from a neutral point of view and making on-the-fly decisions that enforce the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection.

A draft is a process used in some countries and sports to allocate certain players to teams.

A pull-up is an upper-body compound pulling exercise.

Rugby union is a contact sport that consists of two teams of fifteen players.

The grandfather rule, in sports which usually only permit participants to play for the team of their native country, is an exception which gives participants the option to play for the country of any of their ancestors up to the grandparents.

A perfect season is a sports season including any requisite playoff portion, in which a team remains undefeated and untied.

Standings or rankings are listings which compare sports teams or individuals, institutions, nations, companies, or other entities by ranking them in order of ability or achievement.

Throwback uniforms, throwback jerseys (AmE) or retro kits (BrE) or heritage guernseys (AuE) are sports uniforms styled to resemble the uniforms that a team wore in the past.

An expansion team is a brand new team in a sports league, usually from a city that has not hosted a team in that league before, formed with the intention of satisfying the demand for a local team from a population in a new area.

A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc.

In sports in Canada and the United States, the phrase games behind or games back (often abbreviated GB), is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division.

A third jersey, alternate jersey, third kit or alternate uniform is a jersey or uniform that a sports team wear in games instead of its home outfit or its away outfit, often when the colors of two competing teams' other uniforms are too similar to distinguish easily.

In British sport, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance (not including substitute appearances) in a game at international level.

A sports dynasty is a team or individual that dominates their sport or league for an extended length of time.

In broadcasting, the term blackout refers to the non-airing of television or radio programming in a certain media market.

Professional sports leagues are organized in numerous ways.

In sports, a winning streak refers to a consecutive number of games won, beginning with the third consecutive victory; back-to-back wins are only considered two consecutive victories.

Away colours are a choice of coloured clothing used in team sports.

The following is a list of world cups and world championships for juniors and youth, sporting events which use one of these two names, or one with a similar meaning.

A one-game playoff, sometimes known as a pennant playoff, tiebreaker game or knockout game, is a tiebreaker in certain sports—usually but not always professional—to determine which of two teams, tied in the final standings, will qualify for a post-season tournament.

The following is a list of world sports championships, including some sporting events which use a different name with a similar meaning.