SPORT

Federico Stancati

Cristiana Reas

Massimo Casella

Diana Platania

Valerio Santarelli

-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

Sports

Basketball

By Diana Platania

Team ActivityCompetitive (both teams are trying to win)Directly competitive (your performance can affect your opponents performance

Nature

Scoring

Objective – the score can be counted

The team that scores the most points wins

Roles

Examples of Rules

Techniques

Shooting:Set shotLay upSlam dunkFade awayJump shot

Dance

By Cristiana Reas

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.

Styles

Tap: is a percussive dance form in which dancers produce sound by

wearing shoes to which metal taps have been added. Tap dance, an

American dance form which concentrates on footwork and

rhythm, has roots in African, Irish and English clogging traditions. Its roots lie in recreational dance (Irish Step dance, jig and African steps).

It is known for:• An emphasis on rhythm

• Tap shoes• Costumes—formal to street wear

• Improvisation

Ballet: a classic form of dance growing out of the French

nobility. Its root is court dances.

It is known for its:•standardized dance movements

• specialized leaps and lifts•French terminology to describe

each standardized movement• Pointe shoes for women

• slippers for men• costumes---tights, tutus

Jazz: American music marked by lively rhythms with unusual accents and often

including melodies made up by musicians as they play. It’s roots are in social dances

and early musical theatre dance.

It’s known for:• Stylized movement

• Accents in hands, head, hips and feet• English/French terminology to describe

movements• Jazz shoes or boots

• Costume related to theme of dance• Improvisation

Modern: a form of dance developed by dancers interested in

breaking from ballet traditions and expressing a more liberating form of movement. It expresses complex emotions and abstract

ideas.It is known for:

• Freedom of movement• Usually barefoot but can use

shoes based on theme• Costume related to dance theme

• Improvisation used in the development of choreography

Styles

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, shrugs, yoga pants

etc.

Tennis

By Massimo Casella

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.

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.

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Court and netTennis 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.

SHOTS

ServiceA 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.

DriveFor 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.

BackhandFor 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.

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).

Rowing

By Valerio Santarelli

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.

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.

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).

How to rowThe 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.

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)

Soccer

By Federico Stancati

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.

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.

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

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.

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.