PE Reviewer
winter seasons.
- Basketball
Basketball is a…
● Sports
● Game
● Exercise
● Recreation
BASKETBALL
- Indoor team sports
- Popular all over the world
- Minimum two players
- Need: ball, basket, level surface
- Requires: teamwork, quick
reaction, endurance
ADVANTAGE OF TALL PLAYERS
- Tall players can easily reach
closer to the basket or above
other players to shoot and
retrieve the ball on the
rebound.
ADVANTAGE OF SMALL PLAYERS
- The small players also make
contributions to their teams as
shooters and ball handlers.
HISTORY OF BASKETBALL
- James Naismith: introduced
basketball on Dec. 21, 1891.
o Physical Education
Instructor at Springfield
College in Massachusetts,
USA.
- Luther Gulick: head of the
school- Springfield College’s
physical education department
o Asked Naismith to create
a team sport that could
played indoor game during
JAMES NAISMITH
- Decided to use a soccer ball
(easy to catch)
- Asked building superintendent
for two boxes to use as goals
- No boxes, provide peach
baskets
- Attached to gymn balcony railing
3 meters above the floor
- First game: members of
Naismith’s PE class in December
1891
BASIC PRINCIPLES
- Played with round ball and
hands; cannot run with the ball
- No physical contact between
players
- Players can take up any
position on the playing court at
any time
- Goal shall be place horizontally
above the floor
TRIVIA
- Michael Jordan: one of the best
basketball players around the
world
o Record score: 5, 987
- Beginning: basketball was brown,
Then: changed to brighter color
which is orange.
- 1967: illegal—slam dunks; 9
years later: legalized
- 1892: women’s basketball began,
rules were modified for women
- 1936: became official Olympic
game in Berlin, Germany
- January 20, 1892: first basketball
game
 - Kareem Abdul-Jabar: most
points scored in his 20-year
career
o 38, 387 points
- March 2, 1962: Wilt Chamberlain
scored 100 points against New
York
- 1995: New York Nicks won 12
straight games against Bolton
Celtics
BASKETBALL DEFINITION
- Played by 2 teams of 5 players
each
- Opponent’s basket: basket that is
attacked by other team
- Team’s own basket: basket which
is defended
- Ball Movement
o Passed
o Thrown
o Tapped
o Rolled
o Dribbled
- Winner of a game: team that
scored greater at the end of 4th
period.
PLAYING COURT AND LINE
DIMENSION
● Court measurement: 28m by 15m
(LxW)
● Backboard: 120cm
● Rim: 45cm and 20mm thick
BASKETBALL AND OTHER
EQUIPMENTS
● Basketball
o 29.5” cirecumference
o Standard weight: 22oz.
● Other Equipments
o Game Clock
o 24 seconds shot clock
o 30 seconds device
o Time out watch
o Scoresheet
o Scoreboard
THE TEAM
● Not more than 10 members
(halves of 20 minutes)
● Not more than 12 members (4
periods of 12 minutes)
● A coach, assistant coach, a
captain
● Max. of 5 team followers:
statistician, manager, doctor,
physiotherapist, and interpreter.
PLAYER VS. SUBSTITUTE
● Player
o Team member who is
playing on the court
● Substitute
o Team member who is not
playing on the court.
POSITION OF PLAYERS
● Point Guard
o Good handlers or dribblers
and passers
o Direct attack
o Start most of the moves
● Shooting Guard
o Main objective: score
points; steal ball on
defense
o Best shooter
● Small and Power Forward
o Generally stronger and
taller than guards
o Play from the end line to
the free throw lane
 o Good rebounders and long ● Overhead
distance shooter ● Baseball
● Center ● Push
o Tallest team player ● Behind the back
o Best rebounder TYPES OF SHOOTING
NORMAL SETUP ● Jump Shot
● Underhand Shot
● Layup
● Reverse Layup
● Set Shot
● Floater/Tear Drop
● Hook Shot
● Dunking Shot
PROPER POSITION IN SHOOTING
● BEEF
o Balance
o Elbow
BASIC ELEMENTS OF BASKETBALL o Elevate
● Dribbling o Follow Through
o Way of progress with the PLAYING REGULATIONS
ball
● Passing ● 4 periods of 10 minutes
o Most quickest and most ● 2 minutes intervals: 1st and 2nd ,
effective way to get the 3rd and 4th
ball from player to player ● 15 min. half time interval
● Shooting ● If tied, extra 5 minutes
o Movement to complete the ● Extra period: same basket as in
offensive action the 3rd and 4th period

TYPES OF DRIBBLING (*** dribble) HOW TO BEGIN THE GAME

● Control ● 2o minutes before the game, the

● Speed team should have their choice of
● Cross-over basket and bench
● Behind the back ● Before 1st and 3rd period, entitled
● Between the legs for warm up
● Spin back ● Exchange baskets for 3rd period;
game cannot begin if one of the
TYPES OF PASSING (*** pass) player is not in the court
● Officially begins with jump ball at
● Bounce
the center
● Chest
TERMINOLOGIES ON BASKETBALL o Moving the ball quickly
down court
● Air Ball
● Field goal
o A shot the misses the rim
o Ball enters the basket from
or backboard
above the rim during play
● Assist
● Flagrant Foul
o A pass to a teammate that
o Unnecessary or excessive
made basket (score)
contact
● Backboard
● Foul
o Flat surface behind the
o Action by players which
basket (connected to it).
break the rules but are not
● Basket
floor violations
o Rim and the net
● Fouled Out
o The hoop
o Having to leave due to five
● Basketball
fouls
o Round ball made with
● Foul Shot
rubber or synthetic leather o Unguarded shot taken
● Blocked Shot
from the foul line by a
o Successful deflection of a
player
shot ● Goaltending
● Blocking o Interference woth a shot
o Use of a defender’s body
by touching the ball while
to legally prevent an on the rim.
opponent’s advance o Also touching the ball on
● Charging
the downward
o Offensive foul: offensive
● Half-time
player runs into a defender o Rest period between two
who has established
halves of the game
position
o 5 mins
● Cross-over
● Inbounds
o Dribbles from one hand to
o Area within the end lines
another
and sidelines of the court
● Double-dribble
● Inside shooting
o Dribbling the ball, stop and
o Shot taken near or under
dribble again
the basket
● Dribble
● Jump shot
o Bouncing the ball up and
o Field goal attempt with
down
both feet off the floor
● Dunk
● Lay-up
o Jumping player slams the
o Driving to the basket by
ball
leaping up under the
● Fastbreak
basjet using on hand
● Loose ball BASKETBALL REFEREES’ SIGNALS
o Ball that is alive but not in
● Game clock signals
possession
o Stop the clock: Open palm
● Outside shooting
o Stop the clock for foul:
o Shots within perimieter,
Open clenched fist
further away from the hoop
o Start the clock: Chop with
● Pass
o Player thros the ball to a hand
● Scoring
teammate
o 1 point: 1 finger, ‘flag from
● Personal Foul
o Contact between players. wrist
o 3 points: 3 finger
o Player may not push, hold,
extended; 1 arm: attempt;
trip, hack, elbow
2 arms: successful
o Also counted as team fouls
o 2 point: 2 fingers, flag from
● Possession
wrist
o Holding or in control of the
● Substitution and Time-out
ball
o Substitution: Cross
● Rebound
forearms
o Actual retrieving of the ball
o Beckoning-in: Open palm,
● Referee
wave towards the body
o Person assigned to the
o Charged Time-out: form T,
game
show index finger
● Steal
o Media Time-out: Open
o Take the ball away
arms with clenched fists
● Substitute
● Informative
o Replace a player in the
o Cancel Score, Cancel
court
Play: Scissors like actions
● Technical foul
with arms, once across
o Special violation
chest
o Infractions include an
o Visible count: counting
intentional or flagrant foul,
while moving palm
unsportsmanlike
o Communication: Thumb up
● Throw-in
o Shot clock reset: Rotate
o Team with possession
hand, extend index finger
inbounds the ball
o Direction of play, out of
● Time-out
bounce: Point in direction
o Period of sixty seconds
of play, arm parallel to
o Discuss strategy and rest
sidelines
● Tip-off
o Jump ball: Thumbs up,
o Initial jump ball
then point in direction of
● Violation
o Infringement of the rules
 play using the alternating
possession arrow
● Violations
o Travelling: rotate fists
o `Carrying the ball: half
rotation with palm
o Double dribbling: patting
motion with palm
o 5 seconds: show 5 fingers
o 3 seconds: arm extended,
show 3 fingers
o 8 seconds: show 8 fingers
o 24 seconds: fingers touch
shoulder
o Ball returned to back
court: wave arm front of
body (two fingers)
o Deliberate kick or block of
the ball: Point to the foot
● Number of players
o No. 00/0: Both hands or
right hand shows 0
o No. 1-5: Right hand show
1-5
o No. 6-10: Right hand show
number 5, left hand show
1-5
o No. 11-15: Right hand
clenched fist, left hand 1-5
● Type of Fouls
o Holding: Grasp wrist
downward
o Blocking: Both hands on
hips
o Pushing: Initiate push
o Hand checking: Clenched
fist strike open palm
o Illegal contact to the hand:
Strike palm towards the
other forearm
o Charging with the ball:
Swinging elbow backwards
o Foul on the act of
shooting: one arm with
clenched fist followed by
indication of the number or
free throws
o Foul no on the act of
shooting: Counting while
moving the palm
● Special Fouls
o Double Foul: Wave
clenched fists on both
hands
o Technical foul: form T,
showing palms
o Unsportsmanlike Foul:
Grasp wrist upward
o Media time-out
▪ Clenched fists on
both hands
Hand signals without stop time:
- Double foul
- Unsportsmanlike foul
- Media time-out
- Foul not or on the act of shooting
- Number of players
- Informative
- Beckoning in
- Scoring