Connect the Lingo

By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer

Word Bank: goalkeeper, airball, shank, 19th hole, double dribble, muff, cut shot, bunt, meet, nutmeg

1. When a player stops dribbling and then begins again, or dribbles the basketball with two hands, they commit a ________ dribble.
2. This soccer player usually wears a different colour than their teammates on the field.
3. Time to relax and grab some lunch at the ________. 
4. When a football player makes contact with the football without successfully maintaining possession of it. 
5. When a softball batter chooses to tap the ball instead of swing.
6. A volleyball attack where the player spikes the ball “at an extreme angle across the court, making it nearly parallel with the net.” ________
7. The libero received the serve but their pass was a  ________. The ball flew out of bounds!
8. You ________ an opponent in soccer when you kick the ball through their legs, instead of trying to go around them.
9. She tried to make a three-point shot, but instead hit an ________. 
10.  Another word for a swim competition.

Answer Key

1. double
2. goalkeeper
3. 19th hole
4. muff 
5. bunt 
6. cut shot 
7. shank 
8. nutmeg 
9. airball 
10.  meet