History of

Basketball
Rules

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Rule #1
The participant has to bounce, or
dribble the ball with one hand
while moving each foot. If, at any
time, both hands contact the ball or
the player stops dribbling, the
participant should best move one
foot. The foot that is stationary is
known as the pivot foot.

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Rule #2
The basketball player can best take one flip
at dribbling. In other words, as soon as a
player has stopped dribbling they can not
start another dribble. A player who starts
dribbling once more is referred to as for a
double-dribbling violation and loses the
basketball to the opposite crew. A player
can most effective start some other dribble
after another player from either crew
touches or gains control of the basketball.
This is generally after a shot or pass.

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Rule #3
The ball must stay in bounds. If the
offensive crew loses the ball out of
bounds the other crew receives
manage of the basketball.

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Rule #4
The players’ hand should be on top
of the ball while dribbling. If they
touch the lowest of the basketball
while dribbling and retain to
dribble this is known as sporting
the ball and the participant will lose
the ball to the other crew.

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Rule #5
Once the offensive team crosses
1/2 courtroom, they may no longer
go back into the backcourt. This is
referred to as a backcourt violation.
If the protecting crew knocks the
ball into the backcourt, then the
offensive group can get better the
ball legally.

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Rule #6
The foremost rule for the defensive
player isn't always to foul. A foul is
defined as gaining an unfair benefit
through bodily contact. There is some
interpretation that has to be made by
using the referee, but, in general, the
protecting participant might not touch
the offensive player in a way that causes
the offensive player to lose the ball or
omit a shot.

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Rule #7
Although the foul rule is described
above as a protective rule, it
applies precisely the same to all
players at the court which include
offensive players.

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Rule #8
Basketball players can't kick the
ball or hit it with their fist.

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Rule #9
No participant can contact the
basketball even as it is
journeying downward closer to
the basket or if it is on the rim.
This is known as goaltending.
(touching the ball on the rim is
legal in some games).

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Rule #10
The winner of a basketball game
is the team with the most factors.
You get points by way of
throwing the basketball thru the
opponent's hoop or basket.

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History

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Historical Fact #1
James Naismith, a instructor at a
YMCA in Springfield,
Massachusetts, is credited with
inventing basketball in 1891.

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Historical Fact #2
The first “hoops” have been
certainly simply peach baskets and
the first backboards have been
fabricated from wire.

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Historical Fact #3
The game have become an
legitimate Olympic occasion on the
Summer Games in Berlin, Germany
in 1936.

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Historical Fact #4
Two leagues referred to as the
National Basketball League (NBL)
and the Basketball Association of
America (BAA) merged after the
1948-49 season to become
ultra-modern National Basketball
Association (NBA).

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Historical Fact #5
The Boston Celtics have gained the
most NBA championships (17),
which includes seven immediately
from 1960 to 1966.

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Historical Fact #6
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who played
20 seasons inside the NBA, holds
the record for maximum points
scored in a profession with 38,387.

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Historical Fact #7
On March 2, 1962, Philadelphia
center Wilt Chamberlain scored
100 points in one game in
opposition to New York. That is the
most one participant has ever
scored in one game.

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Historical Fact #8
Current Atlanta Hawks train Lenny
Wilkens has won greater
basketball video games than some
other instruct.

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Historical Fact #9
The American Basketball Association
(ABA) turned into a 10-group rival league
to the NBA that commenced play inside
the 1967-68 season and folded nine
years later after the 1975-seventy six
season. Four modern NBA teams –
Indiana, Denver, New York, and San
Antonio – originated within the ABA.

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Historical Fact #10
The NBA instituted the
three-pointer earlier than the
1979-80 season, an idea it
borrowed from the ABA.

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The End!

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