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SPORTS WEBQUESTS © Mrs. Tech 2016
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Sports Research Options
Soccer Basketball Volleyball Hockey Golf Football Tennis Baseball Gymnastics Cheerleading Wrestling Swimming Cricket Cycling Horseback Riding Skateboarding Skiing Snowboarding Lacrosse
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Soccer Use this website to learn about soccer basics:
How many teams play at a time? How many players are on the field for each team? What is soccer called in most countries outside the United States? What body part can the players not use in the game of soccer? How do you win a game of soccer? Use this website to answer the following questions: Who is the governing body of association soccer? Soccer is the most popular _______________________. What is the biggest/most important soccer competition? Who do many believe is the best soccer player of all time? What is the highest award that any player can receive during their career?
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Use this website to learn about basketball basics:
How many teams play at a time? How many players are on the court for each team? What positions do these 5 players play? How high is the hoop? Who invented the game of basketball? What year was it invented? Why did they add backboard to the sport? What year did they allow basketball to be a part of the Olympics? Who is the governing league of professional basketball? How long are the quarters in the NBA? When was the first basketball game held? Who is considered a legend in the world of basketball? How many points did he score in his career? Which franchise holds the most NBA championships?
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Use this website to learn about volleyball basics:
How many players are on a court at one time? What are the positions of these players? How many people are on the front row at one time? How old is volleyball? What country did volleyball begin in? Who is given credit for inventing the game? What was volleyball first called? What college held the first game of volleyball? What date did the first game get played on? What is the governing body of volleyball that sets the tournaments and rules? What are the dimensions of the volleyball court? What is the net height?
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Use this website to learn about hockey basics:
What are the two different types of hockey? What is the “ball” that’s used in hockey called? What do hockey players hold in their hands? Who wrote the rules of ice hockey? What makes hockey skates different than figure skates? How many players are on the ice rink at one time? When was ice hockey first played in the Winter Olympics? When was the first ever women’s hockey game? What were the first 5 teams that made up the NHL? What year was the NHL formed? How many teams make up the NHL today?
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Use this website to learn about golf basics:
Where did the game of golf originate? Who was the first club maker in 1603? How were early golf balls made? How many dimples are on a regulation golf ball? Why do golf balls have dimples? What is the average mph swing of the following people: Lady golfer: LPGA professional: Male golfer: PGA tour player: Tiger Woods: National Long Drive Champion: Approximately how many golf courses are there in the world? Who has won more professional major golf championships than any other player? Who holds the second highest of any male player? Where was the first golf tournament held and what year? What is this contest called today? When was the first golf contest for women held? What does the LPGA stand for? Where was the first golf course?
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Use this website to learn about football:
What is another name for football? How many players are on each side of the field at a time? What two games were combined to create football? What are 5 rules that changed from rugby and soccer to make football? What year was the first football game played? When was the NFL formed? What is the length and width of a football field? Who holds the NFL record for most pass receptions in a single season? What year was the first Super Bowl played? Where is the football hall of fame located? What are the four types of special teams? What are the offensive positions (and how many can their be)? What is a tight end? What kind of positions are there on defense?
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Use this website to learn about tennis basics:
What do tennis players use to hit the ball? What were the first tennis balls made out of? How many players play tennis when playing singles? Doubles? What is a tennis court made of? When is the length of a standard tennis court? How tall is the net in the middle of the court? How many points does a player need to win a game? How many games must one win to win a set? How many sets do you need to win to win a match? What are the different types of shots in tennis?
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Use this website to learn about baseball basics:
What are the two activities that baseball players partake in? What do baseball players use to hit the ball? When did this game originate? What is the distance between plates in the MLB? What is the distance from the pitcher’s mound to home plate? How often have the rules of baseball changed? Where was the first baseball stadium built? Where was the first professional baseball league initiated? What was the longest game in Major League history? When was the first World series? What is one example of a superstition held by a player in the game of baseball? Where is the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum?
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Use this website to learn about gymnastics basics:
Gymnastics involves performance of exercises that require what? How long has gymnastics been a sport? How did the Ancient Greeks practice gymnastics? Who is known as the “Father of Gymnastics”? _______ used gymnastics as part of their training programs in the 19th century, while the ___________used gymnastics and drill manuals featuring gymnastics in the 20th century. What year was men’s gymnastics included in the Olympic Games? Women first participated in gymnastics events in ________ and the first women’s Olympic competition was held in the ______ games. In ________, the apparatus and events had been standardized for both men and women. What are the modern men’s gymnastics events? What are the women’s gymnastic events? Who was the first woman to score a perfect 10 in the Olympics?
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Use this website to learn about cheer basics:
Cheerleading Use this website to learn about cheer basics: When was the first cheerleading competition held? What is the official website for competitive cheerleading? What age groups participate in cheerleading? What kind of training do many cheerleading teams do? What is all-star cheerleading? What does the U.S. All Star Federation do? What is the minimum number of team members per squad? What is the maximum number of cheerleaders on a team? What are the divisions of all-star cheer? Is cheerleading officially a sport?
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Use this website to learn about wrestling basics:
How do we relate Zeus to wrestling? What significant event happened in 1896? What is WrestleMania? Who is Chris Jericho? What 3 qualities is wrestling believed to build? What country is Shuai jiao famous in? What happened in 1904? What happened in 2004? What is beach wrestling? What is oil wrestling? What is sambo? What is puroresu?
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Use this website to learn about swim basics:
Swimming Use this website to learn about swim basics: Where does swimming take place? What do we call the way a swimmer swims through the water? What are the four competition strokes? How many members make up a team? Who is the youngest-ever world champion in swimming? What country did he represent? What event did he swim and in what year? What are the essential items for swimming in a competition?
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Use this website to learn about cricket basics:
What is cricket played on? What is the middle narrow strip of the field called? What are at both ends of the ground? How many players are on each team? While one team bats, the other team _________? What is a team’s turn to bat or bowl called? Where does the batter stand? How does a batter score? How many runs does a batter score if he hits the ball to or over the boundary? How do you win? What is significant about international sporting events and cricket? What equipment is important to have when playing cricket?
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Use this website to learn about cycling basics:
What is the one item that cycling requires? What are requirements of a good tire? What is the seat on a bike called? What are the two different kinds of races that a cyclists can compete in? What do cyclists call long road races? What do gears on a bike do? What do brakes on a bike do? Where do track-racing events take place? What is different about track cyclists bikes? Who is the greatest Olympic cyclist of all time?
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Use this website to learn about horseback riding basics:
What is one item that horseback riding requires? What is what are the three different kinds of horseback-riding events? What happens in horse racing? What happens in show jumping? What happens in dressage? What is another name for dressage? What is Lee Pearson known for?
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Use this website to learn about skateboarding basics:
What is a skateboard? When were the first skateboards made? Skateboarding is one of the world’s most popular _______ sports. What are the two different kinds of skateboarding? What is a vert? What is street boarding? What happens in competitions? How do you score the most points? How many million people take part in skateboarding around the world?
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Use this website to learn about skiing basics:
What kind of activity is skiing? Describe skis. Why do skiers use poles? What kind of events do competitive skiers take part in? How long is a cross-country ski race? What is alpine skiing? What do competitors in ski jumping do? What do skiers do in freestyle events? Who holds the world record for the longest ski jump? © Mrs. Tech 2016
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Use this website to learn about snowboarding basics:
What kind of activity is snowboarding? What two types of materials can a snowboard be made out of? What do snowboarders do while snowboarding? What three sports combine to make snowboarding? How do snowboarders take on slaloms? How do snowboarders perform in half-pipe? What three type of midair tricks do snowboarders perform? When did snowboarding come to the US? When was snowboarding introduced to the Winter Olympics? What is a snurfer?
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Use this website to learn about lacrosse basics:
Who originally played lacrosse? How many teams play at one time? How many players play on a men's team? Women's team? What is a crosse? What can you do with the crosse? How do you score a goal in lacrosse? What are the different types of positions in lacrosse and what does each position do? ______________: What is lacrosse’s relationship to Canada?
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Extension Activities Try out all of these sports or parts of these sports Watch college games of these sports and talk about what they are doing Watch highlight videos of the sport to see some of the best players in the world play the sport Take a sports quiz here: ake-action-packed-sports-quiz/ Trivia Questions to use:
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