Ready, Set, Move! Can You Solve This Sports Crossword?

How to Play This Online Word Puzzle?

• 1Click on a picture, and enter the letters of the matching word! If you fill in the word correctly, it will be validated automatically!
• 2Click on the "Check grid" button to see if you made mistakes and to mark incorrect letters in red.
  
• 3Use the Tabulator key on your keyboard to move to the next word in the crossword puzzle grid.
  
• 4Use the arrow keys on your keyboard, to move to the next or previous cell.
  
• 5Use the Delete or Backspace keys on your keyboard to clear a filled cell in the grid.
  
• 6To accomplish your mission and reach the final victory, find all the words in this online crossword game! Good luck!

Every Activity Gets You Moving

Sports and physical activities can involve very different kinds of movement. Some require quick reactions and precise control, while others depend more on strength, balance, rhythm or coordination. Whatever the activity, the body has to combine different movements to perform it successfully.

In this crossword, seven colorful illustrations show people taking part in different activities. Instead of identifying a sport from equipment alone, players can observe what each person is doing. Body position, movement and surrounding objects all provide clues before the English word is fitted into the grid.

Balance, Strength and Coordination

Different activities develop different physical abilities. Keeping your balance can be essential when moving on wheels or landing after a jump. Other activities require strength to control a weight, coordination to hit or catch a ball, or precision to perform a sequence of movements correctly.

Many sports actually combine several of these abilities at once. Practice helps movements become smoother and more controlled, while concentration allows players to react to what is happening around them. All these actions depend on different parts of the body working together. Younger learners can explore that vocabulary with our Body Parts Crossword for Kids.

Sport Is Not Always About Winning

Competition is an important part of many sports, but being active does not always mean trying to beat an opponent. Some activities can be enjoyed simply for movement, exercise, learning a new skill or having fun. They may be practiced alone, with a partner or as part of a group.

Physical activities can also encourage confidence, perseverance and concentration. Learning a difficult movement often takes repeated attempts, and improvement may happen gradually. Whether someone is jumping, kicking, lifting, dancing or playing with a ball, practice is part of the experience.

Seven Activities to Identify

To complete the crossword, look carefully at each illustrated action and decide which activity it represents. Then recall the English word and use the numbered spaces and crossing letters to check the spelling. With short and long answers mixed together, the grid offers a varied vocabulary challenge.

Want to test your sports knowledge in a different way? In our Sports Equipment Matching Crossword, the players disappear and the equipment itself becomes the clue.