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