Learn Spanish Through Sports: Can You Guess This Game? (New Series!)
We're thrilled to introduce a brand new series here at Spanish Minds — Salud, Ejercicio y Nutrición — and we're kicking it off with someone truly special.
Meet Clara, a Spanish teacher from the Patagonia region of Argentina with more than a decade of experience teaching students from around the world. Beyond the classroom, Clara is passionate about running, functional training, and living a healthy lifestyle. She's the perfect partner for a series that blends language learning with real conversations about health, fitness, and wellness.
For this debut episode, we decided to do something a little different. Instead of jumping straight into vocabulary lists or grammar explanations, we played a game: ¿Qué deporte es este? (What sport is this?)
The rules were simple. Will described an unusual sport, and Clara had to figure out what it was using only yes-or-no questions — like a Spanish-language version of twenty questions. She learned that the sport involves a team, a ball, something like a small trampoline, and is super popular at beaches and parks in the United States. Could she guess it?
The conversation around this sport gave us a perfect opportunity to explore some genuinely useful vocabulary:
La red — the net
Golpear — to hit (the ball)
Tirarse al piso — to dive on the ground
Los reflejos — reflexes
Rebotar — to bounce
En equipo — as a team
What makes this kind of learning stick is that these words didn't come from a textbook. They came from a real conversation between two people having fun. Clara had never even heard of this sport before — her genuine surprise and curiosity made the whole exchange feel natural and unscripted, because it was.
That's the heart of what we're building with this series. When you learn vocabulary through a conversation you actually enjoy, the words attach themselves to an emotion, a moment, a laugh. That's how language sticks.
This is just the beginning. Future episodes will cover everything from gym culture and nutrition trends to outdoor adventures and wellness routines — all in natural, conversational Argentine Spanish with Clara.
Watch the full episode on our YouTube channel and let us know in the comments — And what health or fitness topics do you want us to cover next?