Introduction of sports and 5 sports explained :soccer, tennis, dance, rowing and basketball

2. Sports
-An athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often
of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf,
bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
-Sports are played through-out the world and are very important
to some country’s

3. Basketball
By Diana Platania

4. Nature
Team Activity
Competitive (both
teams are trying to
win)
Directly competitive
(your performance can
affect your opponents
performance
Scoring
 Objective – the score can be counted
 The team that scores the most points
wins

5. Roles

6. Examples of Rules

7. Techniques
 Shooting:
Set shot
Lay up
Slam dunk
Fade away
Jump shot

8. Dance
By Cristiana Reas

9. What is dance?
Dance is a way of
knowing and
communicating. All
societies use dance to
communicate on both
personal and cultural
levels and to meet
physical and spiritual
needs.

10. Styles
Tap: is a percussive dance form in
Ballet: a classic form of dance which dancers produce sound by
growing out of the French wearing shoes to which metal taps
nobility. Its root is court have been added. Tap dance, an
dances. American dance form which
concentrates on footwork and
rhythm, has roots in African, Irish
It is known for its:
•standardized dance and English clogging traditions. Its
roots lie in recreational dance (Irish
movements Step dance, jig and African steps).
•specialized leaps and lifts
•French terminology to describe It is known for:
each standardized movement •An emphasis on rhythm
•Pointe shoes for women •
Tap shoes
•slippers for men • Costumes—formal to street wear
•costumes---tights, tutus •Improvisation

11. Styles
Jazz: American music marked by lively Modern: a form of dance
rhythms with unusual accents and often developed by dancers interested in
including melodies made up by musicians breaking from ballet traditions and
as they play. It’s roots are in social dances expressing a more liberating form
and early musical theatre dance. of movement. It expresses complex
emotions and abstract ideas.
It’s known for: It is known for:
•Stylized movement •
Freedom of movement
• Accents in hands, head, hips and feet •Usually barefoot but can use
• English/French terminology to describe shoes based on theme
movements • Costume related to dance theme
•Jazz shoes or boots • Improvisation used in the
•Costume related to theme of dance development of choreography
•
Improvisation

12. Attire
Dancers wear clothes
that show off their
body and curves. They
wear clothing that is
comfortable and that
lets their bodies
express any kind of
movement. Attire such
as leotards, spandex
shorts, skirts, and tank
tops are very common.
Also, dancers
accommodate to the
weather, so when it
gets colder they use
leg warmers, tights,

13. Tennis
By Massimo Casella

14. CHARACTERISTICS
Tennis is a sport played between
two players (singles) or
between two teams of two
players each (doubles). Each
player uses a strung racquet to
strike a hollow rubber ball
covered with felt over a net into
the opponent's court.

15. ITEMS
Racquet
Modern tennis racquets vary in length,
weight, and head size. Weights of a
racquet also vary between 226g to 353g.
Most of the rackets are made of synthetic
materials such as carbon fibre, ceramics or
alloys. The casing cord has been replaced
mainly by synthetic materials like nylon
Ball
A hollow rubber ball covered with felt, most
of the time Optic Yellow, but can be any
color or even two-tone.

16. ITEMS
Court and net
Tennis is played on a rectangular, flat surface, usually
grass, clay, or a hard court of concrete and/or
asphalt.
The net is 1.07 m high at the posts and 91.4 cm high
in the centre.
Lines
The lines that delineate the court are called base line
(farthest back) and service line (middle of the court).
The outermost lines that make up the length are
called the doubles sidelines.
The area between a doubles sideline and the
nearest singles sideline is called the doubles alley,
which is considered playable in doubles play.
The line dividing the service line in two is called the
centre line or centre service line.

17. SHOTS
Service
A serve (or, more formally, a "service") in tennis is a shot to
start a point. The serve is initiated by tossing the ball into the air
and hitting it into the diagonally opposite service box without
touching the net. The serve may be hit under- or overhand.
Drive
For a right-handed player, the forehand is a stroke that begins
on the right side of the body, continues across the body as
contact is made with the ball, and ends on the left side of the
body.
Backhand
For right-handed players, the backhand is a stroke that begins
on the left side of their body, continues across their body as
contact is made with the ball, and ends on the right side of their
body. It can be executed with either one hand or with both and
is generally considered more difficult to master than the
forehand.

18. GRAND SLAMS
The four Grand Slam tournaments are considered to be the most
prestigious tennis tournaments in the world. They are held annually and
include, in chro-nological order, the Australian Open, the French Open,
Wimbledon, and the US Open. Apart from the Olympic Games, Davis Cup,
Fed Cup, and Hopman Cup, they are the only tournaments regulated by
the International Tennis Fe-deration (ITF).

19. Rowing
By Valerio Santarelli

20. Rowing is a sport in which
athletes race against each other
on rivers, on lakes or on the
ocean, depending upon the type of
race and the discipline. The boats
are propelled by the reaction
forces on the oar blades as they
are pushed against the water. The
sport can be both recreational,
focusing on learning the
techniques required, and
competitive where physical size
and overall fitness plays a large
role. It is also one of the
oldest Olympic sports. In the
United States, high school
and College rowing is sometimes
referred to as crew.

21. Basic information
While rowing, the athlete sits in the boat facing backwards
(towards the stern), and uses the oars which are held in place
by the oarlocks to propel the boat forward (towards the bow).
This may be done on a river, lake, sea, or other large body of
water. The sport requires strong core balance as well as
physical strength and cardiovascular endurance.
There are many different types of competition. These include
endurance races, time trials, stake racing, bumps racing, and
the side-by-side format used in theOlympic games. The many
different formats are a result of the long history of the sport, its
development in different regions of the world, and specific
local requirements and restrictions.

22. There are two forms of rowing:
In sweep or sweep-oar rowing, each rower has one oar, held
with both hands. This is generally done in pairs, fours, and
eights. Each rower in a sweep boat is referred to either
as port orstarboard, depending on which side of the boat the
rower's oar extends to. The port side is referred to as stroke
side, and the starboard side as bow side; this applies even if
the stroke oarsman is rowing on bow side and/or the bow
oarsman on stroke side.
In sculling each rower has two oars (or sculls), one in each
hand. Sculling is usually done without a coxswain,
in quads, doubles or singles. The oar in the sculler's right
hand extends to port (stroke side), and the oar in the left hand
extends to starboard (bow side).

23. How to row
The two fundamental reference points in the rowing stroke are
the catch, immediately prior to the oar blade's placement in the
water, and the extraction (also known as the finish or the
release) where the rower removes the oar blade from the
water. From the catch, the rower places the blade in the water,
then applies pressure to the oar by simultaneously pushing the
seat toward the bow of the boat by extending the legs. As the
legs approach full extension, the rower pivots his or her torso
toward the bow of the boat and then finally pulls the arms
towards his or her chest.

24. Types of 'sweep' boats
2- (coxless pair)
2+ (coxed pair - this type of boat is rarely
used)
4- (coxless four)
4+ (coxed four)
8+ (coxed eight)
Types of 'sculling' boats
1x (single)
2x (double)
4x (quad)
4x+ (coxed quad - this type of boat is
generally only used by juniors)
8x+ (octuple - this type of boat is rarely
used, and will be for junior use only)

26. Soccer
By Federico Stancati

27. Rules
• No touching the ball with your
hands unless you are the goalie.
• The ball is put into play with a
throw in if the ball goes out on
the side line. You must keep
both feet touching the ground
when throwing the ball in.
• The ball is put into play with a
goal kick or a corner kick if the
ball goes out of bounds on the
end lines.

28. Five Skills of Soccer
• Kicking—most often used to
score or move the ball.
• Passing—kicking, pushing, or
heading the ball to a teammate..
• Dribbling—transport the ball
under control from one area to
another with their feet.
• Trapping—Stopping the ball in
flight or on the ground, then
controlling.
• Heading—using their forehead
to pass the ball or score.

29. Player Positions
• Forwards—players in the front
trying to score.
• Midfielders—players in the
middle passing the ball to the
forwards and trying to keep it
from getting back to the goalie.
• Fullbacks—players helping to
protect the goal.
• Goalie—player who protects the
goal with their hands

30. Different Kicks
• Kick Off—From the center of
the field, the kick begins the
game, starts the half and puts the
ball into play after a goal has
been scored.
• Penalty Kick—A direct free kick
that is given after a foul in the
goal area.
• Free Kick—Given after a foul
has been committed outside the
goal box area.
• Drop Kick—The kick used by
the goalie to move the ball down
the field.

31. The Field
• Goal—In between
the goal posts. Must
cross the outside line
to score.
• Goal/Penalty Area—
If a Penalty happens
in this area the ball is
placed at the top of
the goal box for a
free kick.