Games, gear, competition. The loudest set: arguments about the rules are guaranteed.
A set about sport: disciplines, equipment, venues and everything that happens around a contest. It works even on people who never watch any — the basics are universal, and the rest explains itself through the action.
Sport divides neatly into tiers: everybody knows football and a ball, while "relay" or "disqualification" already asks for attention. The set shines in a group where somebody plays or supports a team — those players explain with gestures and outrage, and those are the funniest rounds of the night.
Familiar words that land on the first clue. For warming up, for kids and for mixed groups.
football, hockey, tennis, basketball, volleyball, handball, boxing, wrestling, swimming, running, jumping, skis, skates, sledge, bicycle, ball, goal, net, racket, stick, puck, glove, helmet, kit, trainers, boots, gym, court, stadium, pool, track, rink, field, ring, coach, player, goalkeeper, referee, whistle, score, point, result, victory, defeat, draw, half, break, team, squad, club, fan, stand, ticket, medal, cup, champion, contest, tournament, match, game, training, warmup, exercise, squat, pushup, dumbbells, barbell, rope, hoop, skipping, bar, hurdle, distance, finish, start, stopwatch, record, olympics, relay, judo, karate, chess, draughts, darts, billiards, bowling, golf, surfing, sail, canoe, paddle, fishing, hunting, ice, sand, muscle, sweat, cheer, scoreline, trophy
Takes a few sentences and some imagination. The default setting for an ordinary evening.
aerobics, acrobatics, position, arbiter, athlete, badminton, trampoline, baseball, runner, biathlon, bobsleigh, breaststroke, throw, weightlifter, waterpolo, rowing, stamina, goalkeeping, gymnastics, kettlebell, gladiator, race, sculling, disqualification, longdistance, dribbling, sprint, standings, freestyle, defender, grip, qualification, curling, kickboxing, crossfit, athletics, skier, league, marathon, swings, javelin, forward, knockout, olympian, orienteering, penalty, championship, diving, midfielder, lift, tabletennis, swimmer, playoff, bout, foul, pressing, prize, medallist, jogging, pentathlon, rugby, recordholder, snatch, division, stretching, rollerblading, somersault, sambo, section, series, slalom, apparatus, sparring, sportsman, backstroke, stayer, jumper, opponent, superfinal, scoreboard, tactics, clean, treadmill, triathlon, trick, taekwondo, fencing, final, fitness, striker, freerunning, fitball, weights, freekick, junior, shot, warmdown, linesman, finisher, kettlebells
Rare or abstract words. More failed rounds, and more laughing at them.
owngoal, adaptation, aerodynamics, cushioning, anaerobic, antidoping, arbitration, athleticism, outsider, allround, benchmark, biomechanics, verticality, vestibular, footwear, enduranceled, qualifying, recovery, handicap, hypoxia, glycogen, feeder, ego, readiness, decibel, deconcentration, hanggliding, detraining, dynamometry, discipline, dominance, dopingcontrol, draft, kitting, explosiveness, ergotest, drawing, competitiveness, zonal, isometry, individualisation, interval, cardiorespiratory, karting, kinesiology, coefficient, composite, counterattack, coordination, crossing, cupcompetition, lactate, legionnaire, leadership, limit, maximum, mesocycle, metabolism, motivation, ultraendurance, workload, normative, review, olympism, powerlifting, pedalling, overload, overtraining, periodisation, preparatory, planning, polyathlon, reinforcement, capability, progression, psychoregulation, rehabilitation, regeneration, regulations, reserve, resourcefulness, rotation, segmentation, strength, synchronisation, scouting, sportsmanship, stabilography, statistics, strategy, supercompensation, testing, toning, transfer, sessional, versatility, physiology, buoyancy, plyometrics, tapering
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