Basketball

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A brushing or rustling sound (5)
  2. 5. A basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket (4)
  3. 6. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games (plural) (5)
  4. 7. Team sport where you shoot a ball through a hoop (10)
  5. 8. Game equipment consisting of a strip of ___ dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton (3)

Down

  1. 1. The person or thing chosen or selected (4)
  2. 3. Horizontal circular metal ___ supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball (plural) (5)
  3. 4. The propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks (7)
  4. 5. A current of air (5)