Sport – osnova na prezentáciu

Sport – osnova na prezentáciu

DEFINITION

Sports are physical activities that people do for exercise to keep fit, relax, meet with friends, lose weight, earn money or because they enjoy them

VERBS WITH SPORT

If you go in for a sport you should say:

• DO – karate, body-building, wrestling, ...
• GO – swimming, running, cycling, skating, fishing, ...
• PLAY – football, basketball, volleyball, ...

KINDS OF SPORT

• Indoor
• Outdoor
• Summer
• Winter
• All-seasonal
• Individual
• Team
• Martial art
• Table sports
• Ball sports
• Aquatic
• Athletics

SOME SPORTS

• Ball games – football, basketball, volleyball, handball, baseball, rugby, tennis, squash, golf
• Aquatic sports – swimming, rowing, canoeing, windsurfing, water skiing, rafting
• Athletics – marathon race, runs, sprints, discus or hammer throw, shot put, long/triple/high jump
• Winter – skiing, ski jumping, tobogganing, bobsledding, snowboarding, figure-skating, ice-dancing, speed-skating, ice-hockey
• All-seasonal – gymnastics, table tennis, wrestling, boxing, weightlifting, body-building, sport dancing ...
• Other sports – skateboarding, shooting, climbing, horse riding, motorcycle racing ...

SPORT COMPETITIONS

• LOCAL
• INTER-CITY
• NATIONAL
• INTERNATIONAL
• WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• OLYMPIC GAMES

Sportsmen may obtain a title, bronze, silver or gold medal, or other prizes as well

PEOPLE INVOLVED IN SPORT

• SPORTSMEN, SPORTSWOMEN
• ATHLETES
• PROFESSIONALS
• AMATEURS
• PLAYERS
• FANS
• COACHES
• REFEREES
• OPPONENTS

OLYMPIC GAMES

• In Greece 776 BC and were dedicated to the Olympian gods (Zeus, Hera ...), winners were awarded by olive wreath
• It became a noble competition and they combine body, will and mind in a balanced whole
• In 393 AD were banned as the pagan cults
• They take place every four years, every two years winter and every two years summer