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Sport Term Trivia
- 1. Sport Term Trivia Alist of twenty unusual sports terms and their meanings from sports such as skiing, football, car racing, baseball, tennis, golf, skating, billiards, fishing, mountain climbing, skateboarding, shooting, horse riding and archery. Sport trivia is always fun, particularly when you learn something unusual, fun or interesting to baffle your friends.
- 2. Corn Snow -Snow Skiing - A type of snow conditions created by alternate thawing and freezing. The snow forms into hard crystals about the size (or a little smaller) than corn kernels.Flea Flicker - Football - This is a trick play in which a forward pass immediately follows a lateral or handoff.Flying Start - Car Racing - This is the start of a motor race where the cars are assigned positions on the track and then they speed up passing over the start line at close to full speed. As the first car crosses the start line an official standing next to the track will wave a green flag to officially start the race.Fork Ball - Baseball - A specialised pitch delivered with the index and middle fingers giving the appearance of a fork. When done properly the ball will drop as it nears the plate.Hacker - Tennis - An inexperienced tennis player who has very little skill and experience.Honor - Golf - The right of being the first to drive off the tee. The player with the lowest number of strokes on the previous hole is given the honor on the next hole.Neutral Position - Figure Skating - A position where the whole body including arms, shoulders and hips are square to the skater's line of travel.Nine Ball - Billiards - In this game the balls are numbered one through to nine. The balls must be hit into the pockets in order. The winner is the player who pockets the nine ball.No Man's Land - Tennis (and other net games) - The area on the court between the base line and the service line. A player has great difficulty returning from this area. It is a bit too far from the net to volley effectively and not far enough back to effectively use a baseline shot.Nose - Skateboarding or Snowboarding - The tip of the board.Penholder Grip - Table Tennis - A particular grip used to hold the table tennis bat. The paddle part of the bat is held between the thumb and forefinger with the face of the bat facing down. The rest of the player's fingers hold onto the handle of the bat.Piton - Mountain Climbing - A metal peg hammered into cracks in a rock face to help a climber scale or descend the rock. On the head of the piton there is either an eye or a ring that the climber's rope can be passed through.Quiver - Archery - A case used for carrying arrows. One type of quiver can be slung across the archers back.Shortboard - Surfing - A surfboard designed for quick changes in direction. The board is lightweight and is about six feet or 1.8 metres long.Straddle Roll - Athletics - A high jumping technique where the jumper has one leg leading the jump and the other trailing behind. The high jumper crosses the bar stomach down.Street Luge - Skateboarding - A style of competition where the competitor lies down on his board stomach down and tries to go down a hill in the fastest possible time.Tack - Horse Riding or Sailing - The horse riding equipment including saddle and bridle etc. In sailing to tack is to travel in a zig-zag fashion into the wind.Troll - Fishing - To drag a baited line behind a slow moving boat.Whitewash - All Sports - When your opponent gets no score on the board.X-ring - Rifle Shooting - On a target used in competition the X-ring is a circle within the bull's eye used to separate the winner from the rest of the field in the case of a tie. When two or more shooters have the same score the shooter with the most shots within the X-ring is declared the winner.