2 Syllable Sports Words

Sports words bring energy to syllable drills — bounce a ball once per syllable, or run one step per beat. Ideal for PE warm-ups that sneak in literacy.

baseball

base-ball

bowling

bowl-ing

boxing

box-ing

football

foot-ball

hockey

hock-ey

player

play-er

running

run-ning

soccer

soc-cer

swimming

swim-ming

tennis

ten-nis

tennis

ten-nis

Sports words with other syllable counts

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