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by brighid

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we all like to play we all like to play games and we all like organized games also known as sports some sports can be single and/or in a group there are different leagues teams and sports there are professional teams [pro also known as awesome and other teams [on their way to being pro also known as ok sports can be held on a field court track trail or snow/ice so lets take action and get the `inside scoop on sports!

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we are going to focus on a lot of sports and all of them are fun in real life and well in anything really so here is the first sport [drum roll please

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basketball has 10 people out on the court [5 from each team there is an offence [trying to shoot and a defense [trying to get the ball basketball is the most played sport in america basketball is played on a court it is a men s and women s sport there are three different types of number shots a 1 pointer a 2 pointer and the granddaddy of all shots the 3 pointer there are many more rules to basketball but let s just move on.

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biking is usually a single sport just you and a bike you can do biking for a competition or as a fun activity biking is usually on a biking trail or a track/pavement it is a men s and women s sport usually by men competing our next sport is,

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this next sport is almost like the sport biking it is dirt bike riding is usually a single sport just you and a dirt bike you can do this sport in a competition or an activity not as much of a workout because your not moving your body like street bikes dirt bike riding is held on a trail or a track/pavement just like biking dirt bike riding is a men s and women s sport but mostly men.

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our fourth sport is football has 22 people out on the field [11 from each team football is played on a football field in a stadium football is a men s and woman s sport but in the nfl national football league girls aren t allowed to play but sooner or later they will be able to hopefully!

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next up for sports scoop is skiing can be 1 person or on a race team skiing is on a trail with snow on it there are 5 different levels of skiing a green circle [easy a blue square [medium a black diamond [hard double black diamond [harder and a triple black diamond [hardest it is a men s and woman s sport.

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our next sport is actually 2 sports so our next sports are track/field and x-country are team and single sports they are both set on running and events track and field is running and events named shot-put sprints triple jump long jump high jump javelin discus and sometimes long distance x-country is long distance running in a woodsy area the 2 sports are on a field woods trail and a track it is a men s and woman s sport.

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snowmobiling is a single sport our 7th sport is or a team sport snowmobiling is a really common sport in the winter trust me you will see them everywhere in the winter if there is snow snowmobiling is on a trail with snow on it or on ice it is a men s and woman s sport.

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our last but not least sport is softball has 9 people out on the field from one team the other team is batting once the batter gets 3 strikes they re out once the batters get 3 outs they are now out on the field the field positions include catcher pitcher 1st base 2nd base shortstop 3rd base left field center field and right field it is a team sport that is played on a softball field softball is just like baseball almost it is mostly a women s sport!

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so that is it for the inside scoop on the end

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