BA S K ET B A L L

BASKETBALL

• BASKETBALL IS A TEAM SPORT IN WHICH TWO TEAMS, MOST COMMONLY OF FIVE PLAYERS EACH,
OPPOSING ONE ANOTHER ON A RECTANGULAR COURT.
• BASKETBALL WAS INVENTED BY
SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE
INSTRUCTOR AND GRADUATE
STUDENT JAMES NAISMITH IN 1891

• NBA WAS ESTABLSIHED ON 1946

BASKETBALL SKILLS
 SHOOTING

• SHOOTING IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT
SKILL IN BASKETBALL.
PASSING

•PASSING IN BASKETBALL
IS THE ACT OF THROWING
THE BALL TO A TEAMMATE.
CHEST PASS
• THECHEST PASS IS NAMED SO
BECAUSE THE PASS ORIGINATES
FROM THE CHEST. IT IS THROWN BY
GRIPPING THE BALL ON THE SIDES
WITH THE THUMBS DIRECTLY
BEHIND THE BALL.
BOUNCE PASS
•IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETE A BOUNCE PASS,
ONE PLAYER MUST BOUNCE THE
BALL OFF OF THE COURT INTO
ANOTHER PLAYER ON HIS OR
HER TEAM'S HANDS .
OVERHEAD PASS

•AN OVERHEAD PASS IN

BASKETBALL IS WHEN THE PLAYER
THROWS THE BALL WITH BOTH
HANDS STARTING FROM BEHIND THE
HEAD AND RELEASING THE BALL OUT
BASEBALL PASS
•A BASEBALL PASS IS A ONE-
HANDED PASS THAT USES
THE SAME MOTION AS A
BASEBALL THROW. THIS IS
OFTEN USED TO MAKE LONG
PASSES.
REBOUND
•REBOUNDS ARE CREDITED
AFTER ANY MISSED SHOT,
INCLUDING AIR BALLS WHICH
COMPLETELY MISS THE BASKET
AND BOARD.
 DRIBBLING
•DRIBBLING IS A FUNDAMENTAL
SKILL IN WHICH A PLAYER
USES ONE HAND TO
CONTINUOUSLY BOUNCE THE
BALL ON THE COURT.
DEFENSE
•A BASKETBALL DEFENSE REFERS
TO THE DEFENSIVE STRATEGIES,
ALIGNMENTS, AND POSITIONING THAT
A TEAM USES TO PREVENT THE
OPPOSING OFFENSE FROM SCORING
BASKETS.
RULES, REGULATION AND HAND SIGNALS