BASKETBALL

basketball

  • a team sport, wherein the objective is to shoot a ball through a basket horizontally positioned to score points while following a set of rules

  • two teams of five players

  • world's most popular and widely viewed sports

  • shooting, passing, dribbling, and rebounding

basketball hoop

  • 18 inches in diameter

  • 10 feet high mounted to a backboard.

field goal

  • scores two points for the shooting team if a player is touching or closer to the basket than the threepoint line

Foul

  • Various violations are generally called

Dr. James Naismith

  • Basketball was invented in 1891

  • Springfield, Massachusetts

  • designed as an indoor game to be played during the long winter months.

YMCA guide in 1892

  • first basketball rules were published

National Basketball League, began in 1898.

  • first professional basketball league

peach baskets

  • used as hoops and the ball had to be retrieved manually after each score

1892 at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts

  • first women’s basketball game

Michael Jordan

  • one of the most iconic players in basketball

  • won 6 championships with the Chicago Bulls during the 1990s

Kobe Bryant

  • legendary basketball player.

  • 18-time All-Star and won 5 championships with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Lebron James

  • greatest players of all time.

  • 4-time MVP, and has won 3 championships with the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers.

SKILLS

SHOOTING

  • 1st basic skill to be learned is shooting.

  • most practiced skill in the game is shooting.

  • Players spend a good deal of their practice time on shooting drills to improve their skill level. After all, if you can't shoot - you can't score

  • BEEF ( Balance, Elbow, Elbow, Follow Through)

DRIBBLING

  • is a skill that you should master

  • allows you to move around the court while you’re in possession of the ball.

  • legal method that allows you to advance with the ball and make a score as opposed to that of passing it to a teammate to shoot it for the basket.

  • involves bouncing the ball off the floor with your hands as you cover the floor

PASSING

  • One of the primary skills

  • maximizes the involvement of all player in setting up a play to earn successful shots and earn points for the whole team

REBOUNDING

  • one of the major aspects of the game

  • ability to jump with power to gain possession of the ball as it bounces to the rim after a failed shot before it touches the floor

RUNNING

  • one of the basic skills that a basketball player should possess

two types of pass:

Air pass

  • travels between players without hitting the floor

chest pass

  • a pass that originates from the chest to the receiver’s chest level

overhead pass

  • a pass that originates from the forehead

Bounce pass

  • is thrown to the floor so that it bounces to the intended receiver

BASKETBALL COURT

COURT DIMENSION

  • 94 feet long and 50 feet wide.

BACKBOARD AND RIM

  • 6 FEET WIDE

  • 18 INCHES IN DIAMETER

  • 42 INCHES TALL

  • 10 FEET

FOUL LINE

  • 15 FEET

KEY

  • 12 FEET WIDE

  • 6 FOOT

ARC

  • 22 FEET

LINE MARKINGS

  • 2 INCHES

BALL

  • is an inflated sphere with an outer covering

  • 75-78 CM

  • 600-650 GRAMS

  • LEATHER

BASKET

  • GOAL

  • made up of horizontal circular metal rim With a net hanging from it.

  • 3.05 above level

backboard

  • 24-42


a referee, an umpire, a scorer, a timer and a shot-clock operator

REFEREE

  • official in charge

  • one who tosses the ball up for the center jump at the start of the game and each overtime period

  • notification of each team

  • make decisions on any point