Tee box
The marked starting area of a golf hole where the first shot is played.
Definition
The tee box, also called the teeing area or teeing ground, is the marked starting point of each golf hole. The player takes the first shot of the hole from within this area, aiming out toward the fairway or green.
On the tee box the ball may be placed on a small peg, also called a tee, which raises it off the ground so it can be struck more cleanly. The area is usually marked by a pair of markers that show where players must tee up.
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Golf
A precision target sport played across an outdoor course, blending skill, strategy and a long walk in the open air.
Disc Golf
A relaxed, low-cost target sport where players throw flying discs toward chain baskets across an outdoor course.
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Equipment
- Golf clubA shafted club with a specialised head used to strike the ball around a golf course.
- Padel racketA solid, stringless perforated racket used to play padel.
- BasketballA large, inflated ball with a dimpled surface used to play basketball.
- Badminton racketA lightweight strung racket used to hit the shuttlecock in badminton.
- Football (soccer ball)A round, inflated ball used to play association football and futsal.
Playing surfaces
Facilities
- Tennis courtA rectangular marked court, divided across the middle by a net, where tennis is played as singles or doubles.
- Multi-use games area (MUGA)A fenced outdoor hard-surface area marked for several sports, common in schools, parks and community facilities.
- Football pitchThe large rectangular grass or artificial-turf field on which football (soccer) is played, with a goal at each end.
- Basketball courtA rectangular hard-surfaced court with a raised hoop and backboard at each end where basketball is played.
Tactics
- Negative splitA pacing tactic where an athlete covers the second half of a race faster than the first.
- Zone defenceA defensive system where each player guards an area of the court rather than a specific opponent.
- Serve and volleyAn attacking tennis tactic where the server follows their serve to the net to finish the point with a volley.
- High pressA football tactic where a team hunts the ball high up the pitch to win it back close to the opponent’s goal.
Practice & sessions
- Technical sessionA session built around technique — grooving and refining the mechanics of how a movement or shot is executed.
- Tactical sessionA session built around tactics — how you use space, position and patterns of play, rather than the mechanics of a shot.
- Beginner orientation sessionA gentle first session for someone completely new — an introduction to the basics, the setting and the equipment, with a relaxed first go.
- Conditioning sessionA session built around physical conditioning — developing the fitness qualities a sport draws on, rather than its skills or tactics.
- Mobility sessionA session built around moving well through a range of motion — gentle, controlled work to help the body move freely.
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