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Sports Terms That Begin With ‘S’

Sack
Sacrifice Bunt
Sacrifice Fly
Salchow Jump
Safety
Safety Blitz
Safety Car
Salto
Sam Linebacker
Sandbagger (Golf)
Sand Pit
Saucer Pass
Save (Baseball)
Scabbards
Scatback
Scheme
Scoop And Score
Scoring Position
Scramble
Scratch
Screen
Screen Pass
Screen-Peeking
Scrimmage Kick
Scrum
Scrum-Half
Scuffer
Sculling
Seam
Seam Bowling
Seam Route
Second Base
Second Chance Points
Second Intention
Secondary Lead
Service Error
Set
Set Shot
Setter
Setup Man
Shank
Shield Punt
Shielding
Shifty
Shoot The Gap
Shooting Foul
Shooting Guard
Short-Handed Goal
Short Hop
Shot Clock

Shot Clock Violation
Shotgun Formation
Shot Put
Shovel Pass
Shutout
Side Out
Side Pushers
Side Retired
Sidearm
Sidekick
Sidespin (Table Tennis)
Sidequest
Silver Slugger Award
Single
Single Set Back
Single-Wing Formation
Singlet
Singletrack
Siper
Situational Hitting
Six Pack
Six-Two
Sixth Man Award
Skeet Shooting
Ski Archery
Skip
Sky Ball
Skyhook
Slam Dunk
Slant
Slap Shot
Slash Line
Slashing
Sledging
Slew Foot
Slice Foul
Slider
Sliding Tackle
Slip Fielder
Slipping
Slobberknocker
Slog
Slopestyle
Slot Receiver
Slugging Percentage
Slump
Slurve
Small Ball
Small Forward
Smash (Table Tennis)
Smash (Tennis)
Snap
Snap Count
Snowplough
Snub Line
Soft Toss
Solo Home Run
Sour Apple
Southpaw
Spalding
Spare
Sparring
Spatch
Spear Tackle
Spearing
Special Teams
Spike
Spike Hyzer
Spin Bowling
Splash Brothers
Split
Split Decision
Split End
Split-Finger Fastball
Split-T Formation
Sporting Clays
Spot
Spot Bowling
Spot Kick
Sprawl
Spray And Pray
Spread Offense
Springboard
Sprinter
Square Ball
Square Up
Squash Match
Squeeze Play
Squib Kick
Stage Race
Stance
Starting Block
Starting Pitcher (SP)
Statue Of Liberty Play
Steal (Baseball)
Steal (Basketball)
Stealing Signs
Steeplechase
Steer Roping
Steer Wrestling
Stick
Stickhandling
Stick Tackle
Stiff Arm
Stolen Base
Stopper
Stretch Five
Stretch Forward
Stretch Four
Strike (Bowling)
Strike Zone
Strikeout
Strikeout Looking
Strikeout The Side
Strikeout The Side In Order
Striker
Striking Circle
Strip
Strong Safety
Strong Side (Basketball)
Strongside (Football)
Strongside Linebacker
Stuck Landing
Stuff
Stumped
Stunt
Stutter Step
Submarine Pitcher
Submission Wrestling
Sucker Punch
Sui-Set
Suicide Squeeze Play
Super-G
Suplex
Sweeper
Swing For The Fences
Swingman
Swish
Switch-Hitter
System Quarterback

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