In
Two Heads Are Better Than One Beta, the clone,
gets very confused about baseball terms. What other
sports terms might confuse Beta? What would he think
of these sports: Soccer, football, basketball, and hockey?
Using the following sports glossaries, write next to
each word what the clones would think it means. Next,
create a short story or chapter about the clones trying
to play one of these sports.
Soccer
Banana kick
Real Definition: kick that gives ball curved path
Example Clone Definition: kick that turns the ball into
a banana so you can eat it.
Break: when a team quickly advances the ball
down the field
Club: a team that plays in a league
Draw: a game that ends with a tied score
Foot trap: a player’s use of bottom or
sides of shoe to control a low bouncing or rolling ball
Foul: break rules
Hat trick: three or more goals scored in a game
by a single player
Hook: curved trajectory of a ball due to spin
Juggling: keep a ball in air with any part of
body besides the hands or arms
Push pass: when player pushes ball with inside
of foot to teammate
Bicycle kick: when a player kicks the ball in
mid-air backwards and over his own head
Shot: ball kicked or headed by a player in mid-air
backwards and over his own head
Steal: when players take the ball away from the
opposing team
Wall: a line of two-six defending players
Wings: the outside forwards
Football
Bomb: a long pass thrown to a receiver
Bowl: game a college football championship
Clipping: blocking an opposing player below the
waist from behind
Dead ball: when a play is over
Foul: breaking rules by a team or player
Live ball: once ball is snapped or free kicked
Nickel defense: bring in a fifth defensive back
Reading the defense: recognizing defensive formation
by quarterback
Sack tackle: quarterback
Spike: player throws ball at the ground to celebrate
a touchdown
Super Bowl: Championship game NFL
Drive: the series of plays a team puts together
in an attempt to score
Basketball
Basket: corded net where points scared
A live ball: when released by a shooter
Blind pass: pass by player who does not see receive
Dead ball: after each successful field goal or
attempt, official’s whistle or if ball
Court: where basketball game is played
Flagrant foul: excessive contact or foul-break
rules
Foul shot: free throw
Guards: two players on each team who are smallest
on the court
Key or keyhole: area end of the court
Live ball: in play
Point-shaving: win game but by fewer points
Shooter: play who takes a shot at the basket
Baseball
Bases loaded: All three bases are occupied by
runners
Batter’s box: area next to home plate in
which a batter stands
Battery: The pitcher and the catcher
Beanball: a pitch that is intentionally thrown
at the batter
Bullpen: area where the relief pitchers wait
and warm up
Clean up hitter: fourth player in the batting
order
Crowding the plate: where a player moves up close
to the plate
Dugout: waiting area for players
Double header: two games played one after the
other
Farm club: minor league linked to parent club
in the major leagues
Fly ball: a batted ball hit high
Foul ball: a batted ball that lands in foul ball
territory
Choke: when a batter moves their hands down the
bat
Cut-off man: a fielder who intercepts a ball
that has been thrown.
Hot box: when the defensive team traps a base
runner between the bases
Live ball: a ball in play
Steal the base: when a player on base makes it
to another base while the ball is live but not during
a hit
Wild pitch: eludes catcher and allows runner
to advance.
Around the horn: 5-4-3 double play
In the hole: the player who takes a turn at bat
second after the current batter.
On his horse: outfielder running after a fly
ball
Snowcone: fielder catches a ball and portion
of it sticks out.
Workhorse: a pitcher who can pitch a lot of innings
Ice hockey
Attacking zone: area that is between opponent’s
blue line and goal
Beat the goalie: to outwit goalie and score
Blind pass: to pass the puck without looking
Body check: when a player bumps into an opponent
Butt-ending: a minor penalty when the opponent
is hit with the top of a player’s hockey stick
Dead puck: a puck flies out of the rink or is
caught
Feeding: passing the puck
Foul: breaking rules that will cause a penalty
Hat trick: Three or more goals scored by a player
in a game
Icing: a violation when shoot from behind a red
center line
Penalty killer: a player good at getting control
of a loose puck
Policeman: enforcer; a player who protects teammates
from harm
Wings: two players who flank the center
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