The Deadly

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A competition that involves ___ as far as possible from a running start (8)
  2. 6. A sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility (10)
  3. 7. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot (plural) (5)
  4. 10. An athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination (plural) (8)
  5. 11. A game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is (8)
  6. 14. An athletic competition that involves ___ into water (6)
  7. 15. A game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into (9)
  8. 16. Sport where players kick a ball into a net without using their hands (6)

Down

  1. 1. A competition that involves ___ as ___ as possible over a horizontal bar (8)
  2. 2. The act of ___ as a sport (6)
  3. 4. Team sport where you shoot a ball through a hoop (10)
  4. 5. A team game that resembles basketball (7)
  5. 8. The sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave (7)
  6. 9. Bat-and-ball sport played on a diamond (8)
  7. 12. Moving through water using your arms and legs (8)
  8. 13. A game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players (7)