The table given below consists of the list of important terms related to a variety of Games and Sports. These sports terminologies are also a necessary part of static GK study material and may be asked in examinations. So study the important terminologies given below to enhance your basic knowledge.
List of Important Sport Terminologies
| Sports | Terminologies |
| Archery | Target, Bull’s Eye, Muzzle, Shooting, Skit Shooting, Plug etc. |
| Badminton | Double fault, Fore hand, Back Hand, Smash, Hit, Drop, Net, Love, End, Let, Foot Fault etc. |
| Baseball | Pitcher , Strike , Diamond , Bunting , Home Run, Put Out, Ant rubber, Pinch, Pullout, Short Stop etc. |
| Basketball | Blocking, Dribbling, Free Throw, Held Ball, Holding, Jump Ball, Multiple Throws, Pivot, Common foul, Under head, Technical foul, Over head, Hook Pass, Goal Tending etc. |
| Bridge | Auction, Bid, Chicane, Cut, Declarer, Doubleton, Dummy, Finesse, Little Slam, Notrumps, Over-trick, Revoke, rubber, Ruff, Shuffle, Suit, Vulnerable, Master Point, Trump etc. |
| Billiards & Snooker | Queue, Jigger, Break Pot, Inlock, Hazard, Cans, Cue, Scratch, Pull, Hit, Object Ball, Scoring, In luck, In off, Bolting, Hazard, Long |
| Boxing | Blow, Belt, Bout, Knock Down, Heating, Villo, Punch, Jab, Huck, Upper Cut, Welter Weight, Babit Punch, Jab, Lying On, Seconds out, Upper Cut, Weight In, Win by Knock-out etc. |
| Boat Rowing | Hull, Bow, Bucket, Cow, Ergometer, Feather, Paddle, Regatta, Decks, Vents, Gunwales, Keel, Ribs, Rigger, Oarlock etc. |
| Chess | Gambit, Stalemate, Pawn, Checkmate, Bishop, FIDE, Castle, Cheek, Pieces, Files, Sielllian Defence, Capture, En Passant, Grand Master, King, Knight, Queen, Rook, Under Promoting etc. |
| Cycling | Sprint, Time trial, Trackrace, Point race, Bunny Hop, Chain etc. |
| Cricket | Ashes, Banana, Bat, Ball, China Man, LBW, Hat Trick, Duck, Gully, Strock, Cover, Hit Wicket, Googly, Popping, Crease, Follow On, Duck, Stone Walling, Cover Drive, Crease, Doosra, Duckworth-Lewis Rule, Fine Leg, Full Toss, Leg-break, Leg-bye, Maiden Over, No Ball, Square Leg, Straight Drive, Stumped, Thirdman, Yorker etc. |
| Football | Full Back, Half Back, Free Kick, Hat trick, Sweeper, throwing, Handball, FIFA, Header, Dummy, Dribble, Advantage Clause, Blind Side, Centre Forward, Corner Kick, Dead Ball, Goal kick, Golden Goal, Penalty Kick, Penalty Shootout, Red Card etc. |
| Golf | Pull Hall, The Green, Bunker, Par, Lie, Bogey, Caddie, PGA Tour & masters open, United States open, Tee, Best-ball Foursome, Dormy, Fairway, Fourball, Foursome, Greed Holes, Links, Niblic, Put, Rough, Stymied, Threesome etc. |
| Gymnastics | A-bars, Ariel, Blocks, Cone of Swing, Dish, Flairs, Giants, Inlocate, Kip, Planche, Tariff, Tumble, Virtuosity, Wrap, Parellel bar, Horizontal bar, Push up, Floor exercise, Uneven bar, Sit up etc. |
| Hockey | Stick, Penalty Strock, Scoop, Undercutting, Bully, Centre Forward, Push In, Side Line, Half Bally, Advantage, Back-stick, Cary, Corner, Dribble, Flick, Free-hit, Goal Line, Green Card, Halfway Line, Hat-trick, Off-side, Red Car, Roll -in, Short Corner, Sixteen-yard hit, Square Pass, Striking Cirele, Tackle, Tie-breaker, Zonal Marking etc. |
| Horse Riding | Jockey, Punt, Steeplechase, Thorough Bred, Three day Event, Dresses, Show jumping, Faults etc. |
| Judo | Cocoa, White, Blue, Green Belt, Ashi-waza, chui, Dan, Dojo, Gyaku, Hajime, Ippon, Jigotai, Kaeshiwaza, Koka, Makikomi, Nage-waza, O-goshi, Randori, Scarf, Tani-Otoshi, Uchi-komvi, Waki-gatame, Yoshi, Yuko etc. |
| Kho-Kho | Chasers, Active Chaser, Runners, Diving, Taking a direction, To recede, Tapping, Trapping, Dupe turn, Late Kho, Giving Kho, Fake Kho etc. |
| Polo | Bunker, Chukker, Mallet etc. |
| Shooting | Target, Bulls Eye, Muzzle, Trench Shooting, Shooting, Skill Shooting, Skit Shooting, Plug, Bag, Marksmanship, Rapidfire Pistol, Standard rifle, Free pistol, Air rifle, Range etc. |
| Skiing | Tobogganing |
| Swimming | FINA, Butterfly, Breast Strock, Spring Board, Twist, Front Crawl, Freestyle, Back stroke, Lane, Pool etc. |
| Table Tennis | Chinese Grip, Foil, Back Spin, Counter Bitting, Falt Hit, Anti Loop, Backspin, Chop, Loop, Penhold Grip, Push, Twiddle, Foil, End line, Late control, Block stroke, Service, Penholder grip, Back spin, Centre line, Half Court, Side spin, Swing stroke, Push Stroke, Rally, Let, Reverse, Top Spin, Drop shot, Lob, Chopped return, Counter hitting etc. |
| Lawn Tennis | Ace, Backhand Stroke, Deuce, Deep Volley, Double Fault, Fault, Ground Stroke, Half Volley, Let, Love, Slice, Smash, Volley, Service, Grand Slam, Advantage, Game Point, Break point, Smash, Shot, Grass Court, Drop shot, Netplay, Baseline, Chip Shot etc. |
| Volleyball | Ace, Base-line, Blocking, Doubling, Foot Fault, Heave, Holding, Jump Set, Lob Pass, Love All, Point, Quick Smash, Scouting, Service, Spike, Tactical Ball, Volley, Windmill Service, Booster, Deuce, Smash, Sidearm, Panetration, Antennae, Attack hit, Back zone players, Dribbling, Libero, Front Zone players, Rotation, Net fault, Volley Pass, Forearm pass, Hook serve, Set up, etc. |
| Weightlifting | Jerk, Snatch, Bounce, Complex, Double Knee Bend, Drive Position, Dynamic Start, Eccentric, Hang, First Pull, Hook Grip, Power Position, Scoop, Second Pull, Split, Starting Position, Straps, Warm-up Couplet, Third Pull, Technique Primer etc. |
| Wrestling | Free style, Point, Half Nelson, Rebuts, Hold sager etc. |
| Water Polo | 2 metre line, 4 metre line, Goal line, Caps, Personal, Fault, Ball under etc |