Places Where People Play Sports

There are many different places where people play sport! (field ,Stadium,court, Diamond, track, gym, pool, health club, slope, circuit, rink, pitch, course) But the Question is “what’s the difference between them…?”

field :a large area of ground, usually covered with grass, where team sports are played:

• a football/baseball/soccer field

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Stadium: a large sports field with seats all around it for people to watch team sports or track and field competitions:

• a football stadium

.court: an area with lines painted on the ground, for tennis, basketball, etc.

• a basketball / tennis / volleyball court

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Diamond:
the area in a baseball field that is within the shape formed by the four bases, also used to refer to the whole field

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track:
A track is a piece of ground which athletes, cyclists, cars, or horses race around.

• athletics / cycling track

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gym: a large room with machines which you can use to do exercises

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(swimming) pool: a place where you can swim

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health club:
a building where you can do various different sports

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slope:
a surface of which one end or side is higher than the other, a piece

of rising or falling ground where usually people go skiing

• ski slope

circuit:
A racing circuit is a track on which cares or motorbikes race.

• motor-racing circuit

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rink:
a building with a specially prepared area with a smooth surface where you can skate:

• an ice-skating rink

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pitch:
A pitch is an area of ground that is marked out and used for playing a game such as football, cricket, or hockey.

• football / hockey / rugby pitch

course: an area of land or water where races are held, or an area of land designed for playing golf