Geometric Terms in Everyday Sports

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Across
  1. 3. Volleyball- The marks that serve as boundaries of a court.
  2. 6. Billiards- The non-striped ball suit
  3. 7. Golf- It is also the part of the clubhead that makes contact with the ball
  4. 10. A team statistic indicating its degree of success
  5. 11. Billiards- The full fifteen ball set of pool after being racked, before the break shot
  6. 12. Hang gliding, BASE jumping, and Bungee Jumping are examples of ... sports
  7. 13. Football- Refers to the sport's playing field, also known as the "gridiron",
  8. 14. Baseball- The area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
  9. 19. Billiards- A rack in the form of a
  10. 20. Tennis- Sounds like the names for a taut piece of cloth strung over the middle of the net and fixed to the ground.
Down
  1. 1. Baseball- The four points of the baseball diamond that must be touched by a runner in order to score a run
  2. 2. Baseball- To reach the base a baseball player might have to
  3. 4. Hockey- The goal
  4. 5. Soccer- A pass from a player located near the sideline towards the middle of the field
  5. 6. Soccer- A pass made by a player to a teammate running alongside him
  6. 8. Golf- An iron with a high loft used for short shots requiring a high trajectory
  7. 9. Billiards- The ball placed at the front of a group of racked object balls
  8. 11. Basketball- The area beyond the foul circle away from the basket,
  9. 15. Volleyball- The clockwise movement of players around the court and through the serving position
  10. 16. Billiards- The imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the impact line between the cue ball and an object ball
  11. 17. Football- A pass thrown to a teammate backwards from the team’s line of scrimmage or parallel to it
  12. 18. Billiards- The extent to which the cue ball curves as a result of a semi-massé or massé shot