BASKETBALL

SOME BASKETBALL FACTS

BASKETBALL is a fast, exciting, and entertaining sport played between two teams, each consisting of five players A team wins games by scoring more points than the opposing team. Players score by shooting a large inflated ball into a raised goal, called a basket, at one end of a basketball court. A player can advance the ball toward the basket only by dribbling (bouncing the ball) or by passing to a teammate. Each team also tries to prevent the other team from scoring. A team scores points by making field goals and free throws. A field goal may be attempted from anywhere on the floor by any offensive player while the game clock is running. Field goals are worth 2 points if they are taken inside a 3-point line. Field goals made from behind this line count 3 points. Free throws count 1 point each and are taken as a penalty after certain fouls. A player attempts a free throw from behind the free throw line and inside the free throw circle. Players have 10 seconds to shoot after the official hands them the ball.

HISTORY OF BASKETBALL

Basketball was invented in the United States in 1891. By the mid-1900's, it had become the world's most popular indoor sport. Today, millions of fans crowd into gymnasiums and arenas to watch their favorite teams. In the United States, thousands of elementary schools, high schools, and colleges and universities sponsor amateur teams for male and female players. The finest male players in the world compete as professionals in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

BASKETBALL WAS INVENTED IN DECEMBER 1891 BY DOCTOR JAMES NAISMITH WHO IS A TEACHER AT THE YMCA. BASKETBALL FIRST BECAME AN OFFICIAL OLYMPIC SPORT AT THE BERLIN OLYMPICS IN 1936. TEAMS FROM 21 COUNTRIES COMPETED. THE U.S.A. THE TOURNAMENT, AND THEIR GOLD MEDALS AND WERE PRESENTED BY DR. NAISMITH. YOU MUST WARM-UP BEFORE YOU PLAY A GAME OR YOU COULD PULL A MUSCLE. IF YOU WANT TO PLAY BASKETBALL YOU HAVE TO USE TEAM WORK.

Millions more watch games on television. In the United States, thousands of elementary schools, high schools, and colleges and universities sponsor amateur teams for male and female players. The finest male players in the world compete as professionals in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

WHAT YOU NEED TO PLAY BASKETBALL

ALL YOU NEED TO PLAY BASKETBALL ARE SOCKS, SHORTS, A SHIRT, AND GYM SHOES, UNLIKE FOOTBALL YOU DON'T NEED ALL OF THOSE THINGS LIKE HELMETS. BEFORE YOU PLAY IF YOU ARE TRYING TO BEAT YOUR FRIEND IN BASKETBALL YOU SHOULD TRY TO DO SOME IF YOU ARE TALL THAN BASKETBALL IS THE SPORT FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU CAN DUNK THE BALL REALLY EASY.

SO SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD USE WHEN YOU ARE EXERCISING ARE:

1. TO DO JUMPING JACKS AND TO RUN AROUND SO YOU CAN GET BETTER AT WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM ANOTHER PLAYER ON THE COURT.

HERE ARE SOME BAD PLAYS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT DO:

WHEN EVER YOU HAVE THE BALL YOU CAN NOT TRAVEL WITH THE BALL THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN GET DOWN THE COURT IS TO DRIBBLE OR PASS THE BALL BACK AND FORTH TO EACH OTHER. NOT JUST OLDER PEOPLE CAN PLAY BASKETBALL YOUNG AND OLDER PEOPLE CAN. ALSO NOT ONLY BOYS CAN PLAY BASKETBALL BOYS AND GIRLS CAN PLAY BASKETBALL.

HERE ARE SOME ADVICES FOR YOU BEFORE YOU PLAY:

1. MAKE SURE YOU ARE ALL READY

2. MAKE SURE YOUR SHOE LACES ARE TIED TIGHTLY.

3. ONLY 5 PLAYERS CANPLAY AT ONCE.

(SOME OF THIS INFORMATION FROM "THE WORLD BOOK")

(SOME OF THIS INFORMATION FROM "THE WORLD BOOK")

(SOME OF THIS INFORMATION IS FROM THE"YOUNG BASKETBALL PLAYER")

(SOME INFORMATION FOUND IN THE BOOK "BASKETBALL IS FOR ME")

(I WOULD LIKE TO THANK WORLD BOOK BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION IS FROM THE WORLD BOOK :)

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