sports

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Across
  1. 3. - sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis
  2. 6. - a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
  3. 8. - the activity of using one's hands, feet or any other part of the body to ascend rocks or mountains
  4. 9. - a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment, throw punches at each other
  5. 10. - the American word for a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to throw the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch
  6. 11. - a team sport in which two teams of 5 players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basket
  7. 12. - individual or team racing sport that requires the use the entire body to move through water
  8. 13. - a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles)
Down
  1. 1. - a sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance
  2. 2. - a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside
  3. 4. - a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using small solid rackets
  4. 5. - a team sport in which two teams of 6 players are separated by a net, each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court
  5. 7. - the sliding of a person across an ice surface, using metal-bladed ice skates