PeH - 1st Quarter: Basketball

Basketball

Is a team sports played on a rectangular court, by two five player groups

Dr James Naismith

who made basketball in 1891 as a way to keep his students active indoors during the winter.

tallest

usually plays center

fowards

medium sized playerswho play both offense and defense, often responsible for scoring and rebounding.

guards

shortest players

L 94f W 50

NBA court dimensions

L 28 W 15

FIBA court dimensions

Air ball

a shot that completely misses the rim and the back board

Alley oop

when one player jumps and catches a pass from another player and simultaneously dunks the ball or shoots it in before landing

Jump Ball

is used to start the game

Assist

a pass to a teammate who then scored a field goal

Defense

team trying to stop the other team from scoring

Dunk

to throw the ball down into the basket with the hand above level of the rimresulting in two points.

Fast Break

dribbling or passing the ball towards your basket before the defense can set up

Lay Up

a shot taken close to the loop usually when a player is moving toward the basket

man to man

a defensive strategy where everyone guards an assigned plater

offense

team trying to score

turn over

any loss of the ball without a shot being taken

dribbling

bouncing the ball with 1 hand using your fingertips

Passing

moving the ball by throwing, bouncing, handling, or rolling it to another player

Shooting

throwing the ball to the hoop

Rebounding

the recovering of a shot that bounces off the backboard or the rim

foul

• refers to illegal personal contact or unsportsmanlike conduct on the court or sidelines of a game, may result in 1 or more free throws awarded to the opposing team

• 5 or 6 personal fouls

blocking foul

impeding the progress of an opponent by extending one or both arms horizontally or getting in the path of a moving player.

Charging foul

running into a stationary player while you are moving with the ball.

Pushing foul

occurs when a defender pushes an offensive player or bumps into the body of an offensive player

illegal used of hands

the player hits the arm or hand of the person holding the ball.

technical foul

occur when a player or coach shows unsportsmanlike behavior.

flagrant foul

• A personal foul that involves excessive or violent contact that could injure the fouled player.

  • single disqualifying foul

Violation

occurs when the player breaks oone of the rules of basketball. results in the awarding of the ball to the opponents

Travelling

moving illegal with the ball

3 seconds

an offensive player remains in the key for more than 3 seconds

double dribble

dribbles the ball with bouth hands at the same time or they stop and then stop dripping again

back court violation

going back over the center line to gain control of the ball after theball has already been in the opponents court

kicking

it is a violation to intentionally kick the ball with any part of the leg or foot

palming

occurs when a player dribbles the ball with their hand too far under the ball (also called as LIFTING)

5 seconds violation

a player cannot hold the ball when inbounding for more than five seconds

24 seconds violation

the ball does not hit the rim or go in the basket within the shot clock

8 seconds violation

the offensive team fails to cross the half-court eight seconds after inbounding the ball.