Geometric Terms in Everyday Sports

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