Sports and Activities Go! Welcome Newcomers Vocabulary

an optional school sport or club that students attend outside of class

• extracurricular activity

• student government

• coach

• tryout

a group of students elected by their classmates to make decisions

• student government

• coach

• tryout

• compete

an adult who teaches athletes and gets them ready to play against other teams

• coach

• tryout

• compete

• practice

a test given to see if a person has the proper skills to be on a team

• tryout

• compete

• practice

• sportsmanship

to try to win against another person or team

• compete

• practice

• sportsmanship

• extracurricular activity

a time set aside for athletes to prepare for competition by learning skills and doing them over and over

• practice

• sportsmanship

• extracurricular activity

• student government

behaving with honor and politeness while playing sports

• sportsmanship

• extracurricular activity

• student government

• coach

a place where people in a community can come to play and relax

• recreation area

• camp

• festival

• compete

an activity young people go to every day for a week or more; some camps are overnight

• camp

• festival

• practice

• sportsmanship

a large community celebration that may happen every year

• festival

• recreation area

• camp

• practice