1. Sports and games (Sporty a hry) Olympic Games (Olympijské hry)

2. Why do people do sports?
Sports are one of the most popular leisure time activities.
Sports help us to keep our body fit, nice and attractive.
Sports can help us to lose weight and build muscles.

3. Why do people do sports? Sports are very good for active relaxation.
Sports are important for our physical and mental health.
If people don’t do any sports, they are often lazy and fat.

4. Is there a difference between sport and game?
SPORTS are activities practiced individually (athletics, horseracing, cycling). In England the word “sports” means some indoor or outdoor activities for fun.
GAMES are activities played in a team. The game has its own rules and is usually played with a kind of ball. A referee decides about the game.

5. There are many BALL GAMES in the world; FOOTBALL is the
most popular game.
In America it is called SOCCER. A typical American ball game is BASEBALL.
Popular around the world are VOLEYBALL, BASKETBALL and HANDBALL.

6. How can we divide sports and games?
We can divide all sports into two groups according to where they can be practised:
Indoor sports - gymnastics, table tennis, boxing, wrestling, yoga, aerobics…

7. How can we divide sports and games?
Outdoor sports - hiking, rock climbing, horse riding, golf , cycling, or riding a mountain bike, athletics…
Most sports and almost all games can be done both indoors and outdoors.

8. How can we divide sports and games?
Sports and games can be practiced in summer or in winter, but there are also many all - season activities.
Summer sports - swimming, windsurfing, yachting, rollerblading
Winter sports - skiing (down- hill, cross-country, slalom, ski jumping) sledging, sleighing, ice-hockey, figure-skating

9. What are any of the favourite sports in the Czech Republic ?
The most favourite sports in the Czech Republic are ice hockey, football.
Dominik Hašek and Jaromir Jagr are the most famous ice hockey players from Czech Republic.
Petr Cech and Pavel Nedved are the most famous football players from the Czech Republic.

10. Do you know any popular and typical sports in Britain
The British invented the rules of many sports and games which are now played all over the world- football, rugby, cricket and lawn tennis.
In Britain the number one sport in the north of England, Scotland and Wales is football, and in South of England it is cricket.

11. Do you know any popular sport in the U.S.A.?
The most popular sports in the U.S.A. are ice hockey (National Hockey League), basketball (National Basketball League), American Football (National Football League) and Baseball (Major Baseball League).
The most popular players from NHL are Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Martin Brodeur.
The most famous players from basketball are Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James Jiří Welsch.

12. Do you know any extreme/adrenaline sports?
Extreme sports/adrenaline sports are activities often involving speed, height, a high level of danger.
Auto racing Motocross
Bungee jumping Paragliding
Freestyle scootering Rock climbing
Mountain biking Skateboarding

13. What are any of sports facilities? Where can people practise sports?
Sports ground/playgrounds:
Stadium Sports-hall
Football ground/pitch Gym
Cricket ground/pitch Fitness centre
Handball court Tennis court
Golf course Swimming pool
Ice-rink Track

14. What is any of sports equipment?
Hockey - hockey stick, puck, ice skates, helmet, gloces, goal
Basketball, volleyball – ball, net, boots
Skiing – a pair of skies, skiing poles, googles, ski boots
Tennis – tennis rocket, tennis ball, net
Other equipment - tracksuit, vest, trainers, stopwatch…

15. What are any important sports events?
World and European Championships (Football League Championship)
Tournaments (Wimbledon – the Grand Slam Tennis Tournament)
World Cup (FIFA World Cup)
Hockey League (Canadian Hockey League)
Race (MotoGP)

16. The Olympic Games – Introduction
The first Olympic Games took place in Olympia (Greece) in the year 776 B.C.
The modern Olympic Games are major international sports competition, held once every four years.
Thousands of athletes from more than 200 nations participate in a variety of competitions.

17. The Olympic Games – History
Since 1924 there are two parts of the games
the winter part
the summer part
which alternate once every two years.

18. The Olympic Games - Symbols
The Olympic Flag - Five rings on the white background
The Olympic Flame
The Olympic mascot
The Olympic Motto - "Faster, Higher, Stronger”

19. The Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic program includes the following sports:
swimming, archery, athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, canoeing and kayaking, cycling, football (soccer), gymnastics, tenis, table tennis, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling and others

20. The Winter Olympic Games
The Winter Olympic program includes sports played on snow or ice:
bobsledding, curling, ice hockey, ice skating (figure skating and speed skating), skiing,
ski jumping, and snowboarding

21. Czech Olympic winners (Summer Olympic games - Men winners)
The most famous Summer Olympic winners from
Czech republic are:
Emil Zatopek
Ota Zaremba
Martin Doktor
Jan Zelezny
Roman Sebrle

22. Czech Olympic winners (Summer Olympic games - Women winners)
Vera Caslavska - (gymnastics)
Stepanka Hilgertova - (canoe slalom)
Barbora Spotakova - (javelin throw)
Katerina Emmons - (shooting)

23. (Winter Olympic games)
Czech Olympic winners
(Winter Olympic games)
Czech Ice hockey team - ice hockey - One gold medal from Nagano 1998 and bronze medal from Torino 2006
Ales Valenta – (freestyle skiing)
Lukas Bauer – (cross-country skiing)
Katerina Neumannova – (cross-country skiing)
Martina Sablikova – (speed skating)