Basketball

Explanation
Short History
Set of Simple Rules
 What is basketball?
Basketball is a team sport.
It is played indoors.
Two teams of five players each try to
score
points against one another by
throwing a ball through a 3m high
hoop.
Each hoop is placed at the end of a
rectangular court.
 Basketball is one of the most
popular and widely viewed sports
in the world.
 History of Basketball
James Naismith,
a Canadian physical
education instructor
invented basketball in
1891. Back then the
game was played with
an ordinary soccer ball
and peach baskets
between 2 teams of 9
players each. There
were 13 rules.
 Soon metal rims replaced the
peach baskets with netting
underneath. Later people cut the
netting so that the ball could go
through.

Senda Abbott first introduced

basketball to woman in 1892.

Professional basketball started in

1869 in New Jersey, USA.
 How basketball is played
Basketball is played by two teams
who score points by throwing a ball
into the opposing team's basket. The
team who scores the most points are
the winners.
Each team has a squad of 12 players to
choose from. Five of those players are
allowed on the court at any one time, with
unlimited substitutions.
Players can move the ball around the
court by passing, tapping, throwing,
rolling or dribbling.
 Duration
The game consists of four quarters of 10
minutes each, with a 15-minute break at
half-time.
There are also two-minutes interval
between the first and second periods, and
between the third and fourth periods.
If the game is tied after the fourth period,
it continues with an extra period of five
minutes, then as many five-minute periods
as are necessary to break the tie.
 Main Officials
Main officials include one referee and one
umpire.
The court is divided between them and
they swap places after each foul
involving a free throw penalty, as well as
after each jump ball decision.
They use whistles and hand signals to
make and explain their decisions.
Each game begins with a jump ball.
The referee throws the ball into the air in
the centre circle and two opposing
players leap up and try to tap it away.
Each player is allowed two taps before
the ball hits the ground, a basket, a
backboard or another player.
 Set of simple rules
The ball may be thrown in any direction
with one or both hands.

A player cannot run with the ball.

A player must throw it from the spot on

which he catches it, or dribble the ball with
one hand while they are running.

The ball must be held by the hands.

 Shouldering, holding, pushing, tripping or
striking in any way a player of the other
team is allowed.
A foul is striking the ball with the fist.
A goal shall be made when the ball is
thrown or batted from the grounds into the
basket and stays there, providing those
defending the goal do not touch or disturb
the goal.
If the ball goes over the backboard, hits
the side or the top of the backboard, then
the ball is officially out of play.
 SCORING

Points are scored for shooting the

basketball through the hoop.
Two points for a goal inside the three-
point semi-circle, and three points for
goals scored from outside.
Free throws, taken from the free-
throw line and awarded after a foul,
are worth one point.
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