Hi everyone. I'm Jennifer from English with Jennifer. Do you know as a child,
I didn't play sports, but I cheered for those who did. I was a cheerleader. I didn't do the
impressive gymnastics that today's cheerleaders do. I did jumps and simple stunts. We learned
dance routines, and we yelled chants like d-e-f-e-n-s-e defense. Through cheerleading,
I gained familiarity with American football and basketball. When my children entered
the sports world, I learned about hockey and soccer. There are words that are used across
sports. In this short lesson, we're going to focus on the names of people in the sports world.
An athlete is someone who plays sports. Athlete. There are team sports and individual sports.
A coach leads a team. There can be one main coach and others who help. We call them the head coach
and assistant coaches.
The players use "Coach" as a form of address.
Coach. The players themselves can be grouped by importance. Those who start the game are
the starters or the starting lineup. Others stay on the bench, waiting for their turn.
In professional sports, athletes work with trainers.
Those are people who work with athletes to develop their strengths and skills. Trainer, trainers.
There can be overlap between a coach and a trainer,
but I see a coach as someone who trains the players, but also makes decisions during a game.
Trainers mainly work with athletes outside of the game, outside of an event. I'd say
that many athletes in individual sports have a trainer, like boxers. Most sports are spectator
sports. When life is normal and there's no global pandemic, spectators fill up stadiums
and arenas to watch sports events. A spectator is someone who watches. A fan is someone who
cheers because they love a team or a specific athlete. Spectator, spectators. Fan, fans.
At a live game, there are commentators. A commentator comments and narrates all the action
play-by-play. It's not an easy job. A sports commentator gives details about what's happening
and recalls information about each player's background.
In contrast, a sports analyst talks about the game
after it happens. They evaluate the players and the teams. Say "commentator."
Sports commentator.
Analyst. Sports analyst.
All sports have rules. Team sports need officials. We call them referees or ref for short. Referee,
referees. Ref, refs.
They make sure the players follow the rules.
In baseball, the main official is called the umpire. Umpire.
In sports competitions, we have judges. Judge, judges. They give scores to athletes
and determine the winners. We see judges at gymnastic events or snowboarding competitions.
Everyone who does a sport is an athlete.
More specifically, when you play a game you're a player: a basketball player, a hockey player,
a tennis player, a football player, a baseball player.
For athletes who do other sports, we take the verb and add -er: swimmer,
skater, fencer, wrestler, boxer, runner, golfer.
And there are sports where the participant has a name ending in -ist or -ast,
like cyclist, martial artist, gymnast.
We'll end here. I hope you'll more easily recognize
all the people in the sports world now in English.
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