History and

Equipments in
Basketball

Lesson 1
 History

•Basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith in

1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts.

•Dr. Naismith was a college professor who wanted to

create a game that his physical education classes
could play inside during the long winters.
•The first games used peach
baskets nailed to the wall for
rims. The first ball used was
a soccer ball.

•The game was called

PEACH BASKETS during
1891 in spring fields.

•In 1893, he replaced the

Dr. James Naismith
peach basket with iron hoops
and a hammock-style basket.
FACLILITIES AND EQUIPMENT USED
FOR
THE GAME BASKETBALL

•The only essential equipment in basketball is the

basketball and the court: a flat, rectangular surface
with baskets at opposite ends.
Basketball Court
 Basketball Court

•For the international games is 28 by 15 meters

(approx. 92 by 49 ft.)
•The National Basketball Association (NBA) is
94 by 50 feet (29 by 15 m). Most courts are
made of wood.
•A steel basket with net and backboard hang
over each end of the court. At almost all levels
of competition, the top of the rim is exactly
10 feet (3.05 m) above the court and 4 feet
(1.2 m) inside the baseline.
 BACKBOARD

•A backboard is a piece
of basketball equipment. It is a
raised vertical board with a basket
attached. It is made of a flat, rigid
piece of material, often flexi glass. It
is usually rectangular as used
in NBA, NCAA and international
basketball..
 BACKBOARD

•Size of a basketball backboard Width: 6 feet (72

inches)
• Height: 3.5 feet (42 inches) Size of a basketball rim
• The diameter of the rim is 18”
BACKBOARD
 THE BALL

•CIRCUMFERENCE – between 75
and 78 cm. (29.5 and 30.25 inches)
•WEIGHT – 600 and 650 grams. (20
and 22 oz).
•AIR PRESSURE – around 8 lbs.
 THE BALL

The ball is round and the outer casing

should be either Leather, Rubber or
other suitable Synthetic materials
 GAME CLOCK

•This is a clock that runs whenever

the ball is in play, and stops whenever
the ball goes out of bounds or when
a fool is committed.
Goal Tending .
•Game Clock Operation — Last Minutes
of Play/Field Goal. The clock stops after
a successful field goal.
GAME CLOCK
 GAME CLOCK

•Shows how much time remains in the game.

Give-and-go: A fundamental offensive play in
which a player passes to a teammate, then
cuts to the basket and receive a quick immediate
return pass for
an open layup or dunk.
 GAME CLOCK

• Tracks remaining game time. Regulation play

in the NBA is divided into 12 minute quarters
(10 minutes in the WNBA. College games are
split into 20 minute halves
Give and Go.
 SCOREBOARD

•is a large board for publicly displaying the score

in a game or match. Most levels of sport from
high school and above use at least one scoreboard
for keeping score, measuring time, and displaying
statistics.
 FOUR-SIDED
SCOREBOARDS
SINGLE –SIDED SCOREBOARD
 Reference:
• FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT USED FOR THE
GAME BASKETBALL by Jocelyn M. Gallegos