Sports and Games: Rules, Terminology, Skills and Measurements
Sports and Games: Rules, Terminology, Skills and Measurements
This is the highest-scoring factual domain. Learn player numbers, field sizes, key rules and one or two skills for each major game.
Invasion games
- Football: 11 players; 90 minutes; goal 7.32 m × 2.44 m; penalty mark 11 m; offside applies in the opponent's half. Skills: dribbling, passing, trapping, heading.
- Hockey: 11 players; four quarters of 15 minutes; field 91.40 m × 55 m; goal 3.66 m × 2.14 m; penalty corner and penalty stroke. Skills: pushing, hitting, dribbling, goalkeeping.
- Basketball: 5 players; court 28 m × 15 m; ring 3.05 m high; 24-second shot clock. Skills: dribbling, passing, shooting, rebounding.
- Kabaddi: 7 players; men's court 13 m × 10 m, women's 12 m × 8 m; raid 30 seconds; "lona" for all-out. Skills: raiding, kicking, blocking.
Net and court games
- Volleyball: 6 players; court 18 m × 9 m; net 2.43 m (men), 2.24 m (women); clockwise rotation; 25-point rally sets. Skills: serve, pass, set, spike, block.
- Badminton: 21 points; court 13.40 m × 6.10 m (doubles); net 1.55 m at posts. Skills: clear, drop, smash, net shot.
- Table tennis: 11 points; table 2.74 m × 1.525 m. Skills: push, drive, loop, smash.
Striking and fielding
- Cricket: 11 players; pitch 22 yards (20.12 m) between wickets; stumps 28 inches high; ball 155.9–163 g. Skills: batting, bowling, fielding, wicketkeeping.
Worked example
Convert the football goal to metres. 1 yard = 0.9144 m, so width = 8 × 0.9144 = 7.32 m. 1 foot = 0.3048 m, so height = 8 × 0.3048 = 2.44 m. The crossbar sits at 2.44 m. Show the conversion factor - examiners award the reasoning.
Traps
- Treating the cricket pitch as 22 metres (it is 22 yards).
- Swapping volleyball net heights for men and women.
- Using the men's kabaddi court for women.