Learn the Top 5 Most Popular Sports in the US

hi everyone I’m Bridget and welcome to today’s lesson

our topic for this lesson is five most
popular sports let’s get started

soccer soccer is probably the most
popular sport in the world in America

it’s called soccer in other places in
other countries it’s usually called

football
soccer is a game that’s played totally

without your hands you kick the ball
back and forth to your team members

trying to score a goal the biggest
soccer tournament in the world is the

FIFA World Cup where countries from
around the globe compete to be the very

best football football a lot of football
players get injured because it’s a very

rough sport in America we call this game
football but in other countries they say

American football football is a game
that’s played with a football that’s

carried in your hand which is very
counterintuitive you pass the football

you run yards and you try to score
touchdowns in America we have the Super

Bowl which is the biggest game of the
year everyone around the country watches

this big football game baseball baseball
is called America’s national pastime

baseball is a very popular sport around
the world there is a pitcher who pitches

the ball and then there’s the batter who
hits the ball and runs around the bases

to score runs basketball basketball many
basketball players live like rock stars

you dribble the ball which means
bouncing the ball and you shoot it

through a hoop to get points hockey
hockey hockey is incredibly popular in

Canada hockey is a game that’s played on
ice skates and the players skate around

on the ice with hockey sticks hitting a
hockey puck to score goals

and that brings us to the end of this
lesson five most popular sports what is

your favorite sport what sport is most
popular in your country leave any

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