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Soccer vocabulary
- Coach- person who trains the players.
- Referee- person who must watch carefully for infractions during the game.
- Substitute- person who takes the place of a player when the player gets hurt.
- Penalty kick- Right given to a player from opposing team to a free kick.
- Goalkeeper- must keep the ball out of the goal.
- No of players in each team- 11.
- In soccer, players have to kick the ball as far as possible. The teams that scores more goals wins the game.
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Baseball terms
- Pitcher- Person who throws ball.
- Diamond- Shape of infield area.
- Batter- Person who tries to hit the ball.
- Home plate- Place where batter stands.
- Catcher- person who sits behind the home plate & tries to catch the pitched balls.
- Home run- if the batter hits the ball, runs around the bases & to homeplate.
- A Strike- If batter misses the thrown ball, its called strike.
- A Ball- If pitcher’s throw is too low, too high or too wide.
- Umpire- person who decides if its a strike or a ball?
- A walk- when the pitcher throws 4 balls & the batter goes to first base.
- Inning- 1round of play. There’re 9innings in a game.
- Batter is out- If batter has 3strikes or if tagged before he reaches the base.
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