GK Question: List of Important Sports and Terms
Archery: Target,
Bull’s Eye.
Badminton: Angled Drive Serve, Danishwipe, Double Drop, Backhand Low
Serve, Bird, Deuce, Fault, Flick Serve, Forehand Smash, Let, Lob, Net Shots,
Rush, Let, Smash, Love All, Net Fault, Side Out, Drop Shot.
Baseball: Diamond,
Hitter, Home, Pinch, Pitcher Plate, Pullout, Short Stop, Hitter, Batter, Strike,
Infield, Outfield, Base, Battery, Bunting, Catcher.
Basketball: Blocking, Ball, Basket, Dribbling, Free Throw, Lay-up
Shot, Hook Pass, Fast Break, Held Ball, Holding, Jump Ball, Pivot.
Billiards: Baulk Line, Break, Bolting, Cannon, Cue, Hazard, In-off,
Jigger, Long, Jenny, Pot, Scratch, Screw Back, Spot Stroke, Strike.
Boxing: Auxiliary
Point System, Babit Punch, Break, Cut, Defence, Down, Hook, Jab, Lying On,
Seconds Out, Welter Weight, Knock-out, Upper Cut, Weight In.
Bridge: Auction,
Bid, Chicane, Cut, Declarer, Doubleton, Dummy, Finesse, Grand Slam, Little
Slam, No-trumps, Over-trick, Revoke, rubber, Ruff, Shuffle, Suit, Vulnerable.
Chess: Bishop,
Capture, Castling, Checkmate, En Passant, Gambit, Grand Master, King, Knight,
Pawn, Queen, Rook, Stalemate, Sicilian Defence.
Cricket: Boundary,
Bowling, Caught, Chinaman, Cover Drive, Crease, Doosra, Duck, Duckworth-Lewis,
Fine Leg, Follow On, Full Toss, Googly, Gully, Hat-trick, Hit-Wicket,
In-swinger, l.b.w., Leg-break, Leg-bye, Leg Glance, late Cut, maiden over, No
Ball, Off Break, On Drive, Out, Out-swinge r, Over, over Pitch, Popping Crease,
Run Out, Short Pitch, Silly Point, Slip, Square Leg, Straight Drive, Stumped,
Short leg, Spin, Swing, Third-man, Yorker.
Croquet: Hoops,
Mallet, Peg Out
Football: Blind
Side, Centre Forward, Corner Kick, Dead Ball, Free Kick, Goal kick, Golden
Goal, Hat-trick, Marking, Off-Side, Penalty Kick, Penalty Shootout, Red Card,
Striker, Throw In, Tie-Breaker, Tripping.
Golf: Bogey,
Bunker, Caddie, Fairway, Fourball, Greed Holes, Links, Par, Put, Rough,
Stymied, Tee.
Gymnastics: A-bars, Ariel, Blocks, Cone of Swing, Dish, Flairs,
Giants, Kip, Tumble, Wrap.
Hockey: Advantage,
Back-stick, Bully, Cary, Centre Forward, Centre, Corner, Dribble, Flick,
Free-hit, Goal Line, Blue line, Green Card, Halfway Line, Hat-trick, Off-side,
Red Car, Roll -in, Scoop, Short Corner, Sixteen-yard hit, Square Pass, Drop
pass, Stick, Striking Circle, Tackle, Tie-breaker, Penalty Corner, Long Corner,
Zonal Marking.
Horse Racing: Jockey, Punter, Steeplechase, Bookies, Thorough Bred.
Judo: 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.
Karate: Age
Zuki, Ai-uchi, Aka, Chakugan, Dachi, Encho Sen, Fudotachi, Gedan, Geri, Hajime,
Ibuki, Jion, Kakato, Koka, Makiwara, Nidan, Obi, Rei, Sanbon, Shiro, Tobigeri,
Ude, Waza-ari, Yoko-geri, Zanshin, Zen-no.
Lawn Tennis: Ace, Advantage, A let, Back hand drive, Deuce, Chip Shot,
Volley, Half Volley, Let fault, Foot fault, Double Fault, Smash, Service, Grand
Slam, Singles sticks, Love, Slice.
Polo: Bunker,
Chukker, Mallet.
Rowing: Bow,
Bucket, Cow, Ergometer, Feather, Paddle, Drop, Regatta.
Rugby Football: Tackle, Lines, Scrum, Touch, Try.
Shooting: Bag,
Bull’s Eye, Marksmanship, Muzzle, Plug.
Skiing: Tobogganing.
Swimming: Breast
Stroke, Crawl, Butterfly, Freestyle, Back Stroke.
Table Tennis: Foil, End line, Late control, Flat hit, 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.
Volleyball: Antennae, Attack hit, 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.
Weight Lifting: Clean and Jerk, Bench Press.
Water Polo: 2 metre line, 4 metre line, Goal line, Caps, Personal,
Fault, Ball under.
Wrestling: Half-Nelson, Head Lock, Heave, Freestyle, Hold, Rebouts,
Scissor.
Yachting: Soling
Tempest, Flying Dutchman, Tornado.