Sports That Start With T
Here are 10 sports that start with T, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. The best-known ones come first, then the full list in A to Z order.
Ten sports sit on the T page, and racket and paddle games stand out. Tennis, table tennis and tetherball all involve hitting a ball, and the ball in tetherball is tied to a pole.
Martial arts and movement also feature. Taekwondo is a Korean martial art, and tai chi is a slow Chinese exercise system. Triathlon combines swimming, cycling and running into one race. Tobogganing, tumbling and touch football are good child-friendly picks, while thoroughbred racing is the long, tricky one to spell.
- Sports starting with T
- 10
- Best known
- tennis, taekwondo
- Longest name
- thoroughbred racing
Best-known sports that start with T
The ones most people will recognise, good for school lists, quizzes and games.
- tennis
- taekwondo
- tai chi
- table tennis
- triathlon
All sports that start with T
| # | Name | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | table tennis | fast paddle game played on a table with a net |
| 2 | taekwondo | a Korean martial art similar to karate |
| 3 | tai chi | a Chinese system of slow meditative physical exercise designed for relaxation and balance and health |
| 4 | tennis | a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court |
| 5 | tetherball | a game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole |
| 6 | thoroughbred racing | the sport of racing thoroughbred horses |
| 7 | tobogganing | riding on a long light sled with low handrails |
| 8 | touch football | a version of American football in which the ball carrier is touched rather than tackled |
| 9 | triathlon | race combining swimming, cycling and running |
| 10 | tumbling | the gymnastic moves of an acrobat |
More that start with T
- NamesTeresa, Thomas
- Girl namesTeresa, Theresa
- Boy namesThomas, Timothy
- Last namesTaylor, Thomas
- Wordsthat, this
- 5-letter wordstheir, there
- Adjectivesthree, true
- Positive wordsthank, trust
- Nounstime, things
- Verbsthink, take
- Animalsturkey, tiger
- Birdsturkey, thrush
- Fishtrout, tuna
- Flowerstulip, tiger lily
- Plants and treestree, tea
- CountriesTajikistan, Tanzania
- CitiesTianjin, Tokyo
- US statesTennessee, Texas
- Foodsturkey, toast
- Fruitstangerine, tangelo
- Vegetablestomato, turnip
- Desserts and sweetstrifle, toffee
- Drinkstea, tomato juice
- Thingstv, table
- Colorstan, tangerine
- Jobsteacher, trainer
- Dog namesTeddy, Toby
Questions people ask
How many sports start with T?
This list has 10 sports starting with T, from well-known ones like tennis, taekwondo, tai chi to rarer kinds.
What sports start with T?
Well-known examples are tennis, taekwondo, tai chi, table tennis, triathlon.
Source: Princeton WordNet, a public dictionary database, reviewed by our editors to keep only clear, real members of the list. Meanings are short dictionary glosses.
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