BALONCESTO

(BASKETBALL)
 HISTORY:

• Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith, a physical

education teacher who had the need to create a sport that was indoors,
since at that time they were going through a harsh winter that made it
difficult to exercise outdoors.
 HOW MANY PLAYERS CAN THEY HAVE?

• At the beginning, the professor had 18 students that he divided into two groups of 9, but soon the
number was reduced to 7 and in 1896, at the current time, only 5 players can be on the field
playing.
but the teams can be
made up of up to 12 players
 WHICH ARE THE RULES?
1. The ball can be thrown with one or two hands.
2. The ball can be hit in any direction.
3. The ball must be held with or between hands.
4. You should only touch the ball with your hands.
5. You can't run with the ball.
6. The duration of the match is 40 min, divided into times of 10 minutes
7. Each team can have a maximum of 5 players.
8. The ball possession time is 24 seconds.
9. Points are counted when the ball enters the basket.
10. Timeouts only last 1 minute
11. With 5 fouls the player is sent off.
12. The entire team can be penalized with 4 fouls.
13. Technical fouls are not allowed.
 HOW ARE THE POINTS?
• Varies from where the ball was thrown from
1. A basket shot from the free kick is worth 1 point.
2. A basket shot from the 2-point shooting zone is worth 2 points
3. A basket shot from the 3-point shooting zone is worth 3 points
 WHAT IS THE NBA?
• The National Basketball League, better known as the NBA, is considered the best basketball
competition in the world. Since its inception in 1946, this competition has experienced a wide
and prolonged evolution over 75 years, currently resulting in a league made up of 30 franchises,
located in the United States and Canada.
 MICHAEL JORDAN

Michael Jeffrey Jordan He is a former American basketball player. At 1.98 meters tall, he played
shooting guard. He is considered by most fans and specialists as the best basketball player of all
time.
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