Rules
The Restart That Changes Where Everyone Can Move
Learn how a sports restart sets positions, limits movement and returns a stopped game to open play, so you can follow…
All the explainers
All explainers
Explore explainers on the rules, roles, tactics, formats and equipment that shape sport. Each piece starts with a specific question and follows the detail that helps answer it.
Tactics
Man-to-Man or Zone: Two Ways to Guard Space
Man-to-man or zone defence changes which spaces opponents can use. Learn to spot assignments, open gaps and the next…
Formats
Why the Decathlon Spreads Its Test Across Ten Events
Understand the decathlon event order, follow how performances combine into points, and see why a broad range of skills…
Roles
The Captain Is Not a Second Coach
Understand a sports captain’s role beside the coach: follow who sets tactics, who communicates on the field and how…
Equipment
Your First Day Watching a Relay: Follow the Handover
Follow the baton exchange at a relay meet to see how one runner’s leg connects to the next, and understand why the…
Our point of view
Understanding starts with knowing what to watch
A rule can change the shape of a whole contest. We make the details easier to follow without pretending every game has one right way to be read.