{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/sports-tennis-golf-terms",
 "id": "sports-tennis-golf-terms",
 "title": "Tennis and Golf Terms",
 "category": "health-life",
 "subject": "Sports",
 "levels": [
  "6-8",
  "9-12",
  "adult"
 ],
 "description": "Scoring and vocabulary for tennis and golf.",
 "tags": [
  "tennis",
  "golf",
  "sports rules"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Term",
 "backLabel": "Meaning",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Tennis: love",
   "Zero points"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis scoring in a game",
   "Love, 15, 30, 40, game"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: deuce",
   "Tied at 40 each; a player must win two points in a row"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: advantage",
   "The point after deuce won by one player"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: game",
   "Won by first to four points, ahead by two"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: set",
   "Won by first to six games, ahead by two"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: match",
   "Best of three or best of five sets"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: tiebreak",
   "A special game played at 6-6 in a set"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: serve",
   "The shot that starts each point"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: ace",
   "A serve the opponent cannot touch"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: fault",
   "A serve that misses the service box"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: double fault",
   "Two faults in a row, losing the point"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: let",
   "A serve that touches the net but lands in; replay it"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: rally",
   "A series of shots back and forth"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: forehand",
   "A shot hit on your dominant side"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: backhand",
   "A shot hit on your non-dominant side"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: volley",
   "Hitting the ball before it bounces"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: lob",
   "A high shot over the opponent's head"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: drop shot",
   "A soft shot that barely clears the net"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: smash",
   "A powerful overhead shot"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: slice",
   "A shot with backspin"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: topspin",
   "A shot with forward spin that dips down"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: baseline",
   "The back line of the court"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: service box",
   "The area where a serve must land"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: net",
   "3 feet high at the center"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: doubles",
   "A match with two players per side"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: singles",
   "A match with one player per side"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: break of serve",
   "Winning a game when your opponent is serving"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: Grand Slam",
   "Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: Wimbledon",
   "The grass-court Grand Slam in London"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: French Open",
   "The clay-court Grand Slam in Paris"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: clay court",
   "A court of crushed clay, slow surface"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: hard court",
   "A court of asphalt or concrete"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: grass court",
   "A fast surface of natural grass"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: Serena Williams",
   "American player with 23 Grand Slam singles titles"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: Roger Federer",
   "Swiss player with 20 Grand Slam singles titles"
  ],
  [
   "Tennis: Arthur Ashe",
   "First Black man to win the US Open, 1968, and Wimbledon, 1975"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: par",
   "The expected number of strokes for a hole"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: birdie",
   "One stroke under par"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: eagle",
   "Two strokes under par"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: albatross",
   "Three strokes under par"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: bogey",
   "One stroke over par"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: double bogey",
   "Two strokes over par"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: hole in one (ace)",
   "Getting the ball in the hole with one stroke"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: tee",
   "A small peg that holds the ball for the first shot"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: fairway",
   "The short-grass path from tee to green"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: rough",
   "Longer grass beside the fairway"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: green",
   "The smooth area around the hole"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: bunker (sand trap)",
   "A hazard filled with sand"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: water hazard",
   "A pond or stream on the course"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: out of bounds",
   "Outside the playing area, with a penalty"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: stroke",
   "One swing at the ball"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: handicap",
   "A number showing a golfer's skill for fair competition"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: driver",
   "The club for the longest shots from the tee"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: iron",
   "Clubs numbered for shots of different distances"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: wedge",
   "A club for short high shots"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: putter",
   "The club for rolling the ball on the green"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: putt",
   "A gentle stroke on the green"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: chip",
   "A short shot that lands on the green and rolls"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: drive",
   "A long first shot from the tee"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: caddie",
   "The person who carries clubs and gives advice"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: round",
   "18 holes"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: front nine",
   "The first 9 holes"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: back nine",
   "The last 9 holes"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: par 3",
   "A short hole expected in three strokes"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: par 5",
   "A long hole expected in five strokes"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: Masters",
   "A major tournament held each April in Augusta, Georgia"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: Tiger Woods",
   "American golfer with 15 major titles"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: Fore!",
   "A shout to warn others that a ball is coming"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: divot",
   "A piece of turf cut by a club; replace it"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: lie",
   "Where the ball rests"
  ],
  [
   "Golf: mulligan",
   "An informal do-over shot"
  ]
 ]
}