Sport facts Kids Encyclopedia Facts

A sport is commonly defined as an athletic activity or skill and involves a degree of competition, such as baseball, soccer, bowling, or basketball. Many people play sports with their friends. Sportsmen need coaches to teach or train teams or individuals how to do better. Sports can be played indoors or outdoors and by individuals or teams.

Some people like to watch other people play sports. Those who watch others playing sports are called fans. While some fans watch sports on television, others actually go to stadiums or other places where people pay to watch them in person. These fans are called spectators.

People engage in many kinds of sports, for example:

A shoulder throw at Judo rank graduation, Japan

• Athletics
  • Field athletics.
    • Triple jump
    • Pole vault
    • hurdles
    • High jump
    • Hammer throw
    • Discus throw
    • Javelin throw
    • Shot put
  • Track athletics
    • Sprint
    • Middle distance race
    • Long distance race
    • Walking race
    • Hurdle race
    • Relay
    • Steeplechase (sport)
    • Cross-country race
    • Marathon
• Acrobatics
• Bodybuilding
• Gymnastics
  • Rhythmic gymnastics
• Figure skating
• Boxing
• Fencing
• Judo
• Wrestling
• Motor sports
  • Auto racing
• Badminton-game
• Cricket-game
• Diving
• Rowing
• Surfing
• Swimming

• Bobsled
• Freestyle skiing
• Skiing
• Ski jumping
• MORE GAMES:
• Tennis-has always been termed as 'the game of tennis"
  • Baseball
  • Softball
  • Basketball
  • Association football
  • American football
  • Australian Football
  • Canadian football
  • Gaelic football
  • Rugby league football
  • Rugby union football
  • Volleyball

Related pages

• Exercise
• Healthy lifestyle
• List of water sports
• Physical fitness
• Sports commentator
• Strength training

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  Sport in childhood. Association football, shown above, is a team sport which also provides opportunities to nurture physical fitness and social interaction skills.

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  The International Olympic Committee recognizes some board games as sports including chess.

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  Show jumping, an equestrian sport

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  Roman bronze reduction of Myron's Discobolos, 2nd century AD.

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  Motorized sports have appeared since the advent of the modern age

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  Electronic sports are a recent development.

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  Fernanda Brito of Chile playing women's doubles tennis at Wimbledon in 2010.

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  Spectators at the 1906 unofficial Olympic Games

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  Modern sports have complex rules and are highly organized.

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  A runner gives a friendly tap on the shoulder to a wheelchair racer during the Marathon International de Paris (Paris Marathon) in 2014.