Basketball is very popular game too, especially in high schools

The game of golf is very popular with wealthy people.

Swimming is popular in summer. In winter many people living in the North of the country go in for ice-skating and skiing.

Many Americans jog every day, or play tennis two or three times a week. Americans like to watch hockey matches, wrestling, boxing and horse racing.

FANS

Many people are professional sportsmen but millions of people don’t take part in contests and prefer watching sporting events. They are called sport-fans. They watch sport matches at the stadiums and support their team by cheering, or they sit and watch them on TV.

TENNIS AND TABLE TENNIS

Tennis is a game played between two players or pairs of players who hit a ball to and fro with rackets over a net on a court of grass.

Table tennis is a game played between two players or pairs of players on a table with small bats and a light hollow ball. Table tennis was first invented in England in about 1880. But it is the Chinese who win almost every title now.