SportsSports

BasketballBasketball

• Basketball is played on a Basketball is played on a court, a basketball courtcourt, a basketball court

• Two teams of five Two teams of five players competeplayers compete

• There are 1- 2- and 3-There are 1- 2- and 3-point shotspoint shots

BaseballBaseball

• Baseball is called ‘America’s Pastime’Baseball is called ‘America’s Pastime’• Two teams play each otherTwo teams play each other• The game is 9 innings long, The game is 9 innings long,

– An ‘inning’ is a round, or quarter – an An ‘inning’ is a round, or quarter – an amount of timeamount of time

• Players swing a bat at a ball, Players swing a bat at a ball,

trying to hit it out of the park, or fieldtrying to hit it out of the park, or field

BaseballBaseball

American FootballAmerican Football

• American Football is American Football is another game with two another game with two teams playing each teams playing each otherother

• It is a contact sportIt is a contact sport– Players will run into Players will run into

each other, and jump on each other, and jump on each other, which is each other, which is called tacklingcalled tackling

• If you run the ball into If you run the ball into the goal, it is worth 6 the goal, it is worth 6 points, if you kick it, it points, if you kick it, it is worth 3 pointsis worth 3 points

American American FootballFootball

Football (Soccer)Football (Soccer)

• Americans call football ‘soccer’Americans call football ‘soccer’• The game has two teams that try to kicThe game has two teams that try to kic

k the ball into each others goalk the ball into each others goal• The game is played on a fieldThe game is played on a field• Only one player may touch the ball, thOnly one player may touch the ball, th

e goalkeeper, or goaliee goalkeeper, or goalie

Football (Soccer)Football (Soccer)

Ice HockeyIce Hockey

Ice HockeyIce Hockey

• Hockey is a game played on ice, or Hockey is a game played on ice, or frozen waterfrozen water

• Players wear ice skates to move Players wear ice skates to move aroundaround

• Two teams try to hit a puck into the Two teams try to hit a puck into the other teams goalother teams goal

• Players wear lots of pads, because Players wear lots of pads, because they often fall down and also get into they often fall down and also get into fightsfights

GolfGolf

GolfGolf• Golf is a game that is played Golf is a game that is played

on a golf courseon a golf course• A golf course will usually A golf course will usually

have 18 holeshave 18 holes• Players try to hit their golf Players try to hit their golf

ball into the hole in as little ball into the hole in as little shots as possibleshots as possible

SkiingSkiing

SkiingSkiing

• Skiing is a sport that Skiing is a sport that happens on snowhappens on snow

• People go to the top of a People go to the top of a mountain and ski downmountain and ski down

• When people compete When people compete against each other, they try against each other, they try to ski at as fast a time as to ski at as fast a time as possiblepossible

SwimmingSwimming

SwimmingSwimming

• Swimming is a sport that takes Swimming is a sport that takes place in a swimming poolplace in a swimming pool

• When people swim against When people swim against each other, like in the each other, like in the Olympics, they try to swim Olympics, they try to swim very fastvery fast

• There are a lot of ways to swimThere are a lot of ways to swim– BackstrokeBackstroke– BreaststrokeBreaststroke– ButterflyButterfly

RunningRunning

RunningRunning

• Everyone knows about runningEveryone knows about running• When people compete, they try and When people compete, they try and

run as fast as they canrun as fast as they can• Lots of people like to wear special Lots of people like to wear special

running shoesrunning shoes• People can run on tracks or in parks, People can run on tracks or in parks,

and even mountainsand even mountains

Billiards, or PoolBilliards, or Pool

Billiards, or PoolBilliards, or Pool• Pool is a game played Pool is a game played

on a tableon a table• The table has six The table has six

holes, and players try holes, and players try and hit the 16 balls and hit the 16 balls into the holes, or into the holes, or pocketspockets

• One player hits One player hits striped balls, the striped balls, the other hits solid ballsother hits solid balls

• The last ball each The last ball each tries to hit in is the 8-tries to hit in is the 8-ballball

ConversationConversation

• Which sports do you like to play?Which sports do you like to play?• What is your favorite sport?What is your favorite sport?

– Why do you like this sport?Why do you like this sport?

• Do you like to watch any sports on Do you like to watch any sports on TV?TV?

VideosVideos

• Ice Hockey -http://www.youtube.com/watch?Ice Hockey -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwifDDrtiKQ v=TwifDDrtiKQ

• Golf - http://www.youtube.com/watch?Golf - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaSQ20nH6VUv=DaSQ20nH6VU

• Skiing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?Skiing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RKU7aJDMdg v=7RKU7aJDMdg

• Swimming - http://www.youtube.com/watch?Swimming - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6wNjXj7zGkv=o6wNjXj7zGk

• Billiards - http://www.youtube.com/watch?Billiards - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAM7RR_CvTo v=EAM7RR_CvTo