Look for sixteen words related to the Olympic Games hidden in this puzzle.  Names may be found up, down, across or diagonally.

biathlon                   bronze medal                       flame

gold medal                     jump                       relay race

runner                        ice skating                   marathon

silver medal                   skiing                       sledding

stadium                         torch                             track

                                    wins

Rope skills are fun for everyone while promoting the value of physical activity and teamwork. This is a group version of jumping rope to try.  Two people turn a fairly long, substantial rope, one at each end. The remainder line up and follow each other, in quick succession, to skip, jumping one, two, or three skips and then joining the end of the queue again. A more complicated variation is to use two ropes.  (Dutch Ropes), the turners hold a rope in each hand and turn the ropes alternately. It is quite a feat to skip over the two turning ropes without getting fouled up.

Match the following terms with the proper sports by writing the number of each term in the blank by the sport it pertains to. Some terms may pertain to more than one sport.

Badminton _____________________________________

Baseball _______________________________________

Basketball _____________________________________

Bowling _______________________________________

Cricket_________________________________________

Football _______________________________________

Hockey ________________________________________

Soccer _________________________________________

Tennis ________________________________________

Wrestling_______________________________________

1. Ace                       18. Fly pattern         35. Rebound

2. Alley                       19. Forward                36. Ride

3. Backhand                   20. Frame                37. Safety

4. Backward short-leg   21. Free throw           38. Service

5. Bird                         22. Goalie       39. Silly mid-on

6. Blitz                       23. Gutter               40. Slashing

7. Blue line                24. Half nelson              41. Slide

8. Bowler                 25. High sticking            42. Spare

9. Bunt                       26. Marking                43. Split

10. Catcher                 27. Nose guard             44. Strike

11. Corner kick              28. Offside  45. Suicide squeeze

12. Double fault               29. Pin                 46. Tackle

13. Double play              30. Pitch           47. Takedown

14. Dribble                   31. Pop-up           48. Traveling

15. Dunk                 32. Popping crease         49. Volley

16. Escape                      33. Puck                50. Wicket

17. Fall                        34. Racket

Answers:

Badminton -             2,3,5,34,38,49

Baseball -  9,10,13,30,31,41,45

Basketball -  14,15,19,21,35,48

Bowling -  2,8,20,23,29,42,43,44

Cricket -    4,8,30,32,39, 50

Football -  6,18,27,28,37,46

Hockey -    7,19,22,25,28,33,35,40

Soccer -     11,14,19,22,26,28,30,46,49

Tennis -     1,2,3,12,34,38,49

Wrestling -16,17,24,29,36,47

The word or words in capital letters can be rearranged to make the name of a sport.

Have half of the cards with the names of famous athletes and half of the card with the sport for which they are noted. Hand out the cards as the people walk in and have them find the person with the card the matches theirs.

The table is shown with the athlete next to the sport in which he competed.