Sports and Sporting Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. A piece of engraved metal given to signify an achievement or an honour
  2. 5. The person one competes against in a contest or game
  3. 7. A sport in which both feet are secured to a board and one rides in an upright position
  4. 11. A sport that requires competitors to plunge into water
  5. 12. A person who supports a particular, sport or player
  6. 13. Scoring in a ball game by getting the ball between two goal-posts, through a hoop, or into a net
  7. 14. A sports arena with tiered seating for spectators to watch sports teams play
  8. 15. A game similar to basketball, played usually outdoors, popular with females
  9. 17. A sport where competitors perform choreographed dances on frozen water to music
  10. 19. The laws or regulations that govern how a game or sport is played
  11. 20. A sports official with authority to make decisions during a game of competitive sport
  12. 22. To hit the ball to begin play (in tennis, table tennis, squash, volleyball)
Down
  1. 1. A game where players stand at one end of an alley and roll balls at standing objects
  2. 2. A person who paid occupation (job) is playing a sport
  3. 4. To repeatedly do something in order to develop one’s skill
  4. 6. To teach a skill over time through instruction; to practise a skill
  5. 8. The successful person or team to have the most points in a competitive game of sport
  6. 9. A sport that uses mats, bars, and beams
  7. 10. Engaged in something, like playing sports, without payment
  8. 16. To protect one’s goal rather than attempt to score against one’s opponent
  9. 18. This sports uses bows, arrows and a target
  10. 21. To throw or kick the ball to another player on one’s own team