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