Sports Bingo Cards
Get active with sports bingo. A great way to teach sports vocabulary, equipment names, and team concepts in PE classes and regular classrooms.
Sports Vocabulary Words
Team Sports
soccer, basketball, baseball, football, volleyball, hockey, cricket, rugby, lacrosse, tennis, softball, dodgeball
Individual Sports
swimming, running, gymnastics, wrestling, boxing, cycling, skiing, skating, surfing, archery, karate, yoga
Equipment & Places
ball, bat, goal, net, field, court, stadium, trophy, medal, referee, coach, jersey, helmet, cleats
How to Play
- Generate sports cards: Create bingo cards with sports vocabulary on each square.
- Print and distribute: Hand out cards with team-colored markers.
- Call the words: Read a sports word or describe it: "This sport is played on ice with sticks and a puck — hockey!"
- Students mark: Students find the word on their card and cover it.
- Bingo! First student to complete a line calls "Goal!" and reads their winning words.
PE & Classroom Ideas
Sports Action Round
After each word is called, students perform the motion of that sport for 5 seconds. "Soccer — pretend to kick a ball!" Gets kids moving while learning.
Olympics Unit Tie-In
Use sports bingo during an Olympics or world cultures unit. Students learn sport names and connect them to countries and traditions.
Equipment Matching
Show a picture of sports equipment and students must find the sport it belongs to on their card. Builds visual recognition and vocabulary.
Team Name Challenge
After calling a sport, challenge teams to name a real professional team that plays that sport. Combines bingo with trivia knowledge.