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Here are all the 'S' sports from over 800 sports listed on our complete list of sports. Popular S sports include Sailing, Skiing and Swimming. There must be double points for Synchronized Swimming, Skeet Shooting and Sport Stacking. There are also combined S sports, such as Samoa Rules and Shinty-Hurling.

There were too many to describe on just one page, so here we have a short description of just the sports starting with the letter 'S'. The 'S' sports is the largest category of sports on the full list.

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'S' Sports

• Sailing — a sport that involves moving a boat by using the power of the wind.
• Sambo — a martial art developed for Russia's military and police force in the 1930s. The term translates as "self-defense without weapons".
• Samoa Rules — a combination of Australian Rules Football and Rugby Union.
• Sandball — see Beach Handball.
• Sandboarding — involves sliding on the sand while standing on a board.
• Sandsurfing — attach a skateboard deck or other similar object to the back of an ATV or vehicle with a watersports tow rope (not a competitive sport).
• Sanshou (also called Sanda) — a form of kickboxing from China, which combines full-contact kickboxing, with wrestling, takedowns, throws, sweeps, kick catches, and in some competitions, even elbow and knee strikes.
• Savate — a French version of kickboxing, in which only foot kicks are allowed.
• Sawing — involves cutting across entire logs of wood using saws.
• Schwingen — a style of folk wrestling native to Switzerland.
• Scootering — doing tricks, over obstacles and terrains, on a scooter.
• Sculling Rowing — a form of rowing, in which a person uses oars, one in each hand, to propel a single or double scull rowing boat.
• Scurry Driving — ponies pull a carriage with two riders around a track.
• Seatball — a sport like sitting volleyball for disabled and non-disabled athletes, played on a larger court and allowing for the ball to bounce once between touches (also called Sitzball or Sitball).
• Segway Polo — similar to horse polo though players ride a segway PT.
• Sepak Takraw — an Asian sport like volleyball but using the feet to kick a ball over a net.
• Shinty — Scottish team sport resembling field hockey, played with long curved sticks and a small ball which is hit through tall goalposts. Derived from the Irish game of Hurling.
• Shinty-Hurling — a composite sport created to facilitate competitions between Shinty and Hurling players.
• Shooting Sports — many events involving shooting at targets using guns like pistols and rifles.
• Shot put — the track and field event where the participants throw a heavy metal ball for maximum distance.

• Showdown — a game for blind and visually impaired people similar to air hockey.
• Show Jumping — an equestrian event where riders on horseback attempt to jump cleanly through sets of obstacles within a specific time.
• Shuffleboard — players use cues to push and slide weighted discs along a long court into a scoring area.
• Shuttlecock — the English name of the sport Jianzi, like badminton played with the feet (Shuttlecock is also the name of the object that is hit in Badminton).
• Sikaran — a form of kickboxing from the Philippines, which utilizes only the feet, the hands are only used for blocking.
• Singlestick — a martial art that uses a wooden stick, which began as a way of training sailors in the use of swords. A type of Stick-Fighting.
• Sipa — a sport from the Philippines in which the aim is to kick the ball to the other side of the net onto the opponent’s side without it touching the ground.
• Sitting Volleyball — a version of volleyball for disabled athletes played while sitting (also known as Paralympic volleyball).
• Sixes Lacrosse — a new smaller team faster-paced lacrosse format making the sport more accessible.
• Six-Man Football — a modification of American football played with 6 instead of 11 players.
• Skateboarding — competitions involving tricks or races while standing on a flat board with rollers attached at the bottom.
• Skeet Shooting — one of the disciplines of clay pigeon shooting, targets are thrown in singles and doubles from two traps situated 40m apart.
• Skeleton — participants ride a small sled down a frozen track facing forward with the face down.
• Ski Archery — involves skiing and shooting arrows at targets.
• Ski Ballet — see Acroski (the sport's current name).
• Ski Cross — multiple downhill skiers race head-to-head on a course including big jumps, rollers and high-banked turns.
• Ski Flying — winter sport similar to ski jumping in which the skier will come down and take off from a ramp and fly the farthest possible distance.
• Ski Jumping — a form of skiing in which an athlete will take off a ramp and jump as high and far as possible.
• Ski Mountaineering — the objective is to climb up a mountain wearing skis, occasionally carrying if required, and then descend on the skis.
• Ski Orienteering — the objective for athletes is to navigate from the start to the finish through checkpoints while riding on skis.
• Skirmish — a general term for sports in which participants replicate firearm warfare. See Airsoft, Laser Tag and Paintball.
• Skiboarding — like snow skiing, but with shorter and wider skis.
• Skibobbing — a winter sport that uses a bicycle-type frame connected to skis called skibobs.
• Skiing — traveling over a surface (snow, water, grass) on skis. There is a wide range of sporting activities that fall under the term skiing.
• Skijøring — being pulled either by a dog, a horse or a motor-operated vehicle while on skis.
• Skittles — a precursor to many bowling games, it is an indoor sport in a bowling alley, using one or more heavy balls to knock down nine skittles.
• Skydiving — see Parachuting.
• Skyrunning — a running sport in which athletes compete on a course that leads through mountains.
• Skysurfing — a skydiver attaches a board to his feet during freefall.
• Slacklining — balancing and doing tricks along a suspended length of flat webbing that is tensioned between two anchors.
• Slalom Skiing — an alpine skiing discipline that involves skiing downhill through gates, with the gates closer together therefore tighter turns than in Giant Slalom or Super-G.
• Slamball — a form of basketball using trampolines to get height to shoot the ball through the hoop.
• Sledge Hockey — ice hockey on double-blade sledges for people with physical disabilities on the lower body.
• Slopestyle — winter sport event involving skiing or snowboarding down a course of obstacles.
• Slopestyle Skiing — athletes on skis perform on a course with different types of obstacles.
• Slopestyle Snowboarding — athletes on a snowboard perform on a course with a range of obstacles.
• Slow-Pitch Softball — a version of Softball where the ball is pitched from 50 feet with half a windmill underhand arm action.
• Snatch — an event in the sport of Olympic weightlifting.
• Snocross (or snowcross) — the most popular form of snowmobile racing, similar to motocross but conducted on snow.
• Snooker — a Cue Sport played on a table covered with a green cloth with six pockets. It is played using a cue and 22 snooker balls: one white cue ball, 15 red balls and six balls of different colors. Points are awarded for using the cue ball to pot the red and colored balls.
• Snowbiking — uses a mountain bike on snow with fat tires.
• Snowboarding — involves descending on a slope covered in snow using a single board attached to both feet.
• Snowboard Cross — another name for Boardercross.
• Snowboating — a winter sport in which athletes use a kayak to descend down a slope covered with snow (also called Snowkayaking).
• Snow Golf — like regular golf, however the golf course is covered with snow and ice, rather than grass.
• Snowkiting — a snow-based, kite-powered sport, while riding on a snowboard (Kite Boarding) or on snow skis (Kite Skiing).
• Snowmobile Racing — athletes ride on snowmobiles to compete on purpose-built courses or on natural snow-covered terrains.
• Snow Polo — a variation of Polo on horseback that is played on compacted snow on flat ground or a frozen lake.
• Snow Rugby — rugby union matches played on fields covered with snow.
• Snowshoeing — racing in the snow wearing snow shoes.
• Snow Skiing — Traveling over a snow surface on skis. Competitive forms include Alpine Skiing (or Downhill Skiing), and Cross-Country / Nordic Skiing.
• Snow Volleyball — a variation of beach volleyball in which the games are played in the snow.
• Soccer — the common name for Association Football in North America, Australia and some other parts of the world.
• Soft Tennis — a version of the game of tennis played primarily in Asia, very similar except they play with soft balls.
• Softball — there are three styles of softball: fast pitch, "modified" fast pitch, and slow pitch.
• Softball Throw — a track and field discipline in which you throw the ball as far as possible, mostly used in competitions for disadvantaged groups as a substitute for other technical throwing events.
• Sorro Wrestling — a traditional wrestling style from Niger.
• Speed-Ball — an Egyptian racquet sport where players hit a ball suspended from a central pole.
• Speedball — an American sport in which teams attempt to score by throwing or kicking a ball into a goal.
• Speed Climbing — athletes climb a set route on a vertical wall in the fastest time possible.
• Speedcubing — players solve single piece 3D puzzles in the quickest time possible.
• Speed Golf — a variation of golf in which the objective is to complete the course in the fewest possible number of strokes and the fastest time possible.
• Speedminton — badminton played with no net adapted to make it suitable for playing outdoors (now called Crossminton).
• Speed Pool — a cue sport, a Pocket Billiards game where the balls must be pocketed in as little time as possible.
• Speed Skating (Long Track) — ice skaters race head to head on a 400m oval track for a set distance, between 500 and 10,000 m.
• Speed Skating (Short Track) — 4 to 8 skaters racing around an oval ice track towards the finish line.
• Speed Skiing — the objective is to ski downhill on a straight path as fast as possible.
• Speedway — motorsports around an oval track. Forms include Motorcycle Speedway, Autospeedway, Long Track Speedway, Ice Speedway and Bicycle Speedway.
• Spongee — an outdoor non-contact sport played on an ice rink in rubber boots with a sponge puck instead of a hard puck like in ice hockey.
• Sport Acrobatics — the previous name for Acrobatic Gymnastics.
• Sport Aerobics — the objective is to perform high-intensity gymnastic moves in sync with background music. Also called Aerobic Gymnastics.
• Sport Climbing — rock climbing competitions, can be Lead Climbing, Speed Climbing or Bouldering.
• Sport Diving — aspects of scuba diving are performed in a swimming pool.
• Sport Fishing — in competition fishing contestants compete for prizes based on the total length or weight of a fish, usually of a pre-determined species, caught within a specified timeframe.
• Sport Kite — using a stunt kite to fly the kite in several patterns in time to background music.
• Sport Stacking — stack a number of plastic cups in a pre-determined sequence as fast as possible.
• Sporting Clays — one of the disciplines of clay pigeon shooting, shooters move about a course, attempting to hit varying targets projected at different angles, speed, elevation, and distances.
• Sports Car Racing — a type of auto racing, in which sports cars are used.
• Sports Table Football — attempts to replicate the game of Association Football on a table top with action figures, based on the game of Subbuteo.
• Sprint (Athletics) — track and field running events over short distances, such as 100m, 200m, 400m.
• Sprint Car Racing — a racing sport that involves direct racing of high-powered small cars.
• Sprint Football — a USA varsity sport for lightweight players which emphasizes speed and agility.
• Squash — a racquet sport played by two or four players in a four-walled court with a small hollow rubber ball.
• Squash Tennis — derived from both squash and lawn tennis, played on a squash court with tennis rackets and balls.
• Squat — a powerlifting event in which participants attempt to perform a squat with the maximum weight on their shoulders.
• Ssireum — a folk wrestling style and traditional national sport of Korea, with the aim to bring any part of the opponent's body above the knee to the ground.
• Standup Paddleboarding — a person stands on a board and uses a paddle to propel themselves through the water.
• Steeplechase — an athletics distance track running event with barriers and water jumps.
• Steeplechase — a horse racing sport in which competitors on horsebacks race on a long-distance course that has several types of obstacles.
• Stick-Fighting — a type of martial arts which uses a hand-held long slender wooden stick for fighting. Variations include singlestick and canne de combat.
• Stické Tennis — an indoor racquet and ball based sport derived from lawn tennis in the late 19th century, using a smaller court surrounded by 4 walls.
• Stock Car Racing — a car racing sport in which production-based cars, called stock cars, are used for racing.
• Stone Lift or Carry — involves moving stones as a test of strength.
• Stoolball — a team sport played on a circular grass field, possibly the precursor to cricket and baseball.
• Straight pool — a type of pocket billiards game in which a player is required to call which object ball they are going to pocket and to which pocket.
• Street Hockey — a team sport that was derived from Ice Hockey, though it is played on an asphalt or cement surface instead of ice, and players wear inline skates or shoes.
• Streetluge — participants race downhill feet first on a sort of modified skateboard.
• Street Skateboarding — skaters perform tricks on a street-like course with stairs, handrails, curbs, benches, walls, and slopes.
• Strongman — a sport that tests competitors' strength in a variety of different ways.
• Sumo Wrestling — two wrestlers within a circular ring try and push the other out.
• Super Giant Slalom (better known as Super-G) — an alpine downhill skiing event like giant slalom but the gates to ski through are further apart.
• Supercross — an indoor dirt-bike racing sport that evolved from Motocross, using specifically built indoor dirt tracks.
• Supermoto — motorcycle riders compete on three different types of courses as part of a single race: a flat track course, a motocross course and a road course.
• Surf Kayaking — involves surfing in the ocean using a kayak.
• Surfboat Rowing — a team of riders compete using surfboats on a course out and back through the surf.
• Surfing — participants stand on a surfboard, and use the waves for propulsion.
• Surf Lifesaving — competitions consist of performing various tasks performed by lifeguards on the beach.
• Swamp Football — a version of association football played in bogs or swamps.
• Sweep Rowing — each rower has just one oar which is maneuvered with both hands to propel the boat.
• Swimming — the sport of propelling oneself through water using the limbs.
• Swimrun — involves multiple swim and run stages, with no clothing changes and carrying of all equipment.
• Swish — a version of table tennis for blind athletes.
• Synchronized Diving — a diving sport in which two divers perform the exact same dive simultaneously.
• Synchronized Skating — a sport of the figure skating discipline in which 8 to 20 skaters perform routines as a team on an ice rink.
• Synchronized Swimming — athletes perform synchronized dance routines to music while floating in the water.

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