Sports Analysis Vocabulary

noun a way of filming or showing action that makes it seem to happen more slowly than it really did

adjective moving or happening with less speed than usual

• The scientist analyzed the movement of the particles in slow motion to observe their behavior more clearly.
• I love watching videos of skateboard tricks in slow motion, it's so cool!
• That fight scene in the movie looked sick in slow motion!
• Time seemed to move in slow motion as she waited for the test results.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action or a state of being

pronoun a word that takes the place of a noun

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence

article a word that is used to specify or limit a noun

• What are the chances of this experiment yielding accurate results?
• What are the chances of us getting caught if we sneak out tonight?
• What are the chances we'll score tickets to the concert?
• What are the chances of finding a needle in a haystack?

noun a weak or easily breakable chin, often used in boxing to describe a fighter who is easily knocked out

• The boxer was known for his glass chin, often getting knocked out in the early rounds of his fights.
• I wouldn't want to get into a fight with him, he's got a glass chin.
• That guy has a glass chin, one punch and he's out cold.
• Her argument had a glass chin, easily shattered by a few well-placed points.

noun a type of delivery in cricket where the ball is released with a spinning action that causes it to deviate unexpectedly off the pitch

• The bowler surprised the batsman with a well-disguised carrom ball.
• Did you see that carrom ball the bowler just bowled? It spun like crazy!
• The bowler totally bamboozled the batsman with that sick carrom ball!
• Her ability to spin the conversation like a carrom ball left everyone speechless.