Which of the following statements BEST describes scoring in team sports? A. Each team's score is recorded by the scorekeeper or officials. B. Usually a lower score is better in team sports. C. Scoring on your own goal is a good move for your team. D. Scoring usually continues from one game to the next.
A. Each team's score is recorded by the scorekeeper or officials.
Examples of team sports are soccer, basketball, and baseball. If we use these sports as examples, we know that C is wrong. Scoring on your own goal helps the other team not yours. D is also incorrect. The scoring does not continue from one game to the next. The only sports where you can earn points that are accumulated across a season are in sports like Nascar. B is also incorrect. The team with the highest score wins in sports like soccer, basketball, and baseball. In golf, the lowest score wins, but that is not usually considered a team sport. A is correct. In some sports the officials and a scorekeeper record the score in case of a mistake.
