The term sports terminology refers to the specialized vocabulary, phrases, and jargon used within the sports world. This includes terms associated with different sports disciplines, rules, techniques, equipment, and strategies.
List of terms used in sports
Athletics
- Cross Country
- Discuss Throw
- High Jump
- Hurdles
- Lane
- Photo Finish
- Relay
- Shot Put
- Track
- Triple Jump
Badminton
- Backhand
- Double Fault
- Drop
- Forehand
- Hit
- Love
- Net
- Service Court
- Shuttlecock
- Smash
Baseball
- Base Runner
- Homerun
- Perfect Game
- Pinch Hitter
- Put Out
- Strike
- Throw
Basketball
- Airball
- Double Dribble Foul
- Free Throws
- Lay Up Shot
- Overhead
- Personal Fouls
- Rebound
- Technical Foul
- Travel
- Underhead
- Zone – Defense
Billiards and Snookers
- Break Shot
- Cue
- Cushion Billiards
- Hit
- Object Ball
- Pull
- Scoring
Boxing
- Accidental Butt
- Bleeder
- Bolo Punch
- Bout
- Brawler
- Break
- Buckle
- Canvas
- Card
- Caught Cold
- Clinch
- Counterpunch
- Corkscrew Punch
- Cutman
- Dive
- Eight Count
- Foot Work
- Glass Jaw
- Haymarket
- Kidney Punch
- Knock Out
- Liver Shot
- Low Blow
- Mauler
- Neutral Corner
- Plodder
- Punch
- Ring Generalship
- Roughhousing
- Southpaw
- Spar
- Stablemate
- Stoppage
- Technical Knockout
- Walkout Bout
- Whiskers
Bridge
- Dummy
- Grand Slam
- Master Point
- Perfect Deals
- Trump
Chess
- Checkmate
- Gambit
- Grandmaster
- International Master
- Kings Indian Defence
- Move
- Resign
Cricket
- Ashes
- Bouncer
- Boundary Liner
- Bowled
- Bye
- Catch
- Cover
- Dead Ball
- Follow Through
- Follow on
- Glance
- Googley
- Hattrick
- Hit Wicket
- Leg By
- Maiden Over
- Mid On
- Midwicket
- No Ball
- Not Out
- Over
- Overthrow
- Pitch
- Rubber
- Run
- Run Out
- Seamer
- Shot
- Sixer
- Spin
- Square Leg
- Stump
- Stump Out
- Stroke
- Turn
- Wicket
- Wicket Keeper
- Wide Ball
- Yorker
Cycling
- Point Race
- Sprint
- Time Trial
- Track Race
Football
- Baseline
- Corner Kick
- Defender
- Dribble
- Goal
- Move
- Offside
- Pass
- Penalty Kick
- Rebound
- Stopper
Golf
- Ace
- Albatross
- Approach Putt
- Ball Mark
- Ballooning
- Birdie
- Bogey
- Bunker
- Caddy
- Claw Grip
- Condor
- Dogleg
- Double Eagle
- Flag
- Mulligan
- Off The Deck
- Sand Trap
- Tea Shot
Gymnastics
- Floor Exercise
- Horizontal Bar
- Parallel Bar
- Push Up
- Sit Up
- Uneven Bar
Horse Riding
- Dressage
- Faults
- Show Jumping
- Three-Day Events
Judo
- Blue Belt
- Green Belt
- Red Belt
- White Belt
Polo
- Chukker
- Mallet
- Polo Bunker
Shooting
- Air Rifle
- Bull’s Eye
- Free Pistol
- Range
- Rapidfire Pistol
- Standard Rifle
Swimming
- Backstroke
- Breaststroke
- Butterfly Stroke
- Crawl
- Freestyle
- Lane
- Pool
Table Tennis
- Backhand
- Chop
- Drive Spin
- Half Volley
- Late Service
- Volley
Tennis
- Advantage
- Baseline
- Break
- Break Point
- Deuce
- Drop Shot
- Game Point
- Grass Court
- Netplay
- Service
- Smash
Volleyball
- Deuce
- Libero
- Penetration
- Sidearm
- Smash
- Spikers
Weight Lifting
- Jerk
- Snatch
- Wrestling
- Freestyle
- Half Nelson
- Heave
- Point