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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.

NBA BASKETBALL COURT
FIBA BASKETBALL COURT
ROMANIAN NATIONAL
TEAM
 WEB RESOURCES
https://
www.fiba.com/downloads/Rules/2014/Official_Baske
tball_Rules_2014_Y.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_court
http://
www.fibaeurope.com/cid_yVvqqeU9GSA3IXDQV5FG
o1.html
https://www.sportscourtdimensions.com/basketball /

The presentation was created by the students of Mihai

Eminescu
Lower Secondary School Braila, coordinated by the
teachers