BASKETBALL

BEGINNG
• The basketball was born as a response to the
need for any sport during the winter, the
YMCA school in Massachusetts.

RULES
• James Naismith devised a set of thirteen rules
for basketball.

Women's basketball
• Women's basketball began in 1892 at Smith
College when Senda Berenson, a physical
education teacher, modified Naismith rules to
suit the needs of women.

Players
• As Naismith had 18 students, decided that the
teams were made up of 9 players each. Over
time, this number was reduced first to 7, then
the current of 5 players.

Positions of a
basketball team
• In the game of basketball, you have the following
positions to place the players:

Point guard
• Also called "playmaker" (creator of the game, literally).
Normally the team's shortest player. On offense the ball
goes to the opposite field and directs the offensive play of
his team, sending the game system. Desirable
characteristics are a good ball handling, vision, ability to
give good passes, good speed and an accurate outside shot.
In the bases are appreciated assists as points scored, but a
good player should get both. In defense have to hinder the
rise of the ball from hand basis, cover the passing lanes and
watch for collecting the long rebounds. Typically these
players are not of a tall, because what really matters is the
capacity for organization and direction of play. Known as
one in the terminology used by coaches.

Shooting guard
• Player usually lower, fast and agile than the
rest, except sometimes the base. Points
should provide the team with a good shot
including the three-point shot, good ball skills
and an ability to get to the basket. Known as 2
in the terminology used by coaches.

Small forward
• It is usually a height midway between the
inner and outer players. His game is balanced
between strength and shooting. It is an
important post, for his ability to combine high
speed. On offense must be a good three-point
shooter and knowledge to complete an entry
under the top hand, are basic pieces to launch
the counterattack and often ends most of
them. Known as 3 in the terminology used by
coaches

Power forward
• Role is more physical than the eaves, often
with a game very similar to the pivot. Keeps
most of the points in the low post, although
some can become very effective in shooters.
They support the pivot to prevent the
opposing team's inside game, and close the
rebound. Known as 4 in the terminology used
by coaches

Center
• They are the tallest players of the team, and
strong muscularly. Normally, the pivot must use
his height and power play near the rim. A pivot
that conjuncts force agility is a fundamental piece
for your team. Are the players most surprising
novel fans for their great height. In Europe the
pivot medium has evolved and is able to open
outwards to shoot. In defense seek to collect the
rebound short, preventing the opposing team's
inside game and plug inputs perimeter players.
Known as 5 in the terminology used by coaches.

Game caracterictic´s
• Duration of a match
• Players
• Kick-Off
• Referees
• Scorers table

Arbitration
• A party must be conducted by three arbitrators, one
principal and two assistants. They will be assisted from the
table of scorers, timekeepers and technical commissioner.
The referee and his assistants lead the game according to
the rules and official interpretations. The referee will
decide in any situation of conflict between assistant
referees, scorers table, questions of validity in the baskets,
shall approve the minutes, is responsible to verify, inspect
and approve all technical elements and can make decisions
about situations unregulated and regulated. The referees
can communicate with the scorer's table and the rest of
arbitrators by the gesture, signaling the impact with a
series of preset signals.

Offenses
• Steps
• Double
• Foot
• 3 seconds in zone
• Throw-in or background
• 24 seconds
• field back

Faults
• Personal foul
• Offensive foul
• Unsportsmanlike foul
• Technical Foul
• Disqualifying foul
• Free Kicks

Measurements of the field, the basket
and the ball
• The court
• The ball
• The basket

Punctuation
• Free throws are worth one point.
• Shots within the zone or within the triple line
worth two points.
• Shots from the triple line (at 6.75 m from the
center of the ring, or 7.24 in the NBA) are
worth three points.

Technical foundations
• Pass
• Kick a field goal
• Dribble
• Defense

Pass
• The pass is the action by which players of a team exchanged the ball, there are
different types among which are:
Chest: Made by removing the ball from the chest and reach the receiver at the
same height approximately in a nearly straight path.
Minced or sink: When making the pass is thrown the ball with the intention that
bounce before being received to make it more difficult to cut and easier to
receive.
Baseball: Similar to the launch of a pitcher, long pass with one hand.
Bowling: Given with one hand, taking the ball from below the waist, simulating a
bowling pitch.
Behind the back: As the name suggests is made a pass behind his back, with the
opposite hand to the place where the future lies receiver.
Above his head: Used primarily by pivots and get a rebound, as the name suggests
is made from throwing the ball over his head firmly with both hands.
Alley-oop: The player throws the ball close and basket height to accommodate the
partner only.
With the elbow: Popularized by Jason Williams, the player hits the ball behind his
back with the elbow of the arm opposite of the direction it will go the pass.
Pass from hand to hand: It is done when you have the companion receiver very
close, so you get the ball near the pin hand. At the time of the pass, the hand that
serves the ball, gives a small boost to the other player can receive it

Shot
• The shot or release is the action by which a player attempts to
enter the ball into the hoop, the existing types are:
Jump Shot: Launch a field goal after rising in the air, supporting the
ball in one hand while holding the other, completing the launch
with a characteristic flick of the wrist.
Free throw shoots from the free throw line after a personal foul or
technical foul.
Tray or double step: Launch in the race, with one hand, after giving
up two steps after stopping dribble.
Mate or overturned: Similar to the tray, but introducing the ball in
the basket up and down, with one or two hands.
Hook: Launching with a single hand (extension of arm upward
movement in the ball releasing a flick of the wrist when the ball is
above the head, arm trajectory draws a semi-arch, shoulders
aligned with the rim) , is a shot from close range.

Dribling
• Action is that the player pushing the ball against
the ground and this return to his hand, existing
types are:
Control: In a defensive position without pressure,
while the player walks, a boat loud and clear to
the player's height.
Protection: If the defense is putting heavy
pressure, the player can throw the ball to protect
the body, bouncing low to hinder stealing reach.
In speed: race and space in front, the player
throws the ball forward to run with more speed

Defense
• The defense in basketball is between the person and attacking the basket, the defensive position is
to bend your knees slightly and make lateral movements trying to steal the ball or preventing an
action of passing, shooting or attempt to penetrate to the basket by its rival.
As for the different types of defense "collective", which can make a team are:
Individual defense.
Individual defense, also known as man defense or defense of assignment: Each player scores to a
particular opponent on the opposing team.
Defense zones: When defending players do not mark one by one his opponents personally, is called
marking to reach area waiting for the attackers. As the team puts 5 players on court potential areas
are named 2-3, 3-2, 1-3-1, 3-1-1, 2-1-2, 1-2-2, indicating the position of thereof.
Mixed defense: It would be a combination of the two types discussed above defenses.
Pressure: It is a special defense that is performed when the defending team ahead of their players
to the opposite field to remove or hinder the passage of the ball by his opponent's field (the
attacking team has only 8 seconds to go from his camp to the rival), is often used in situations
quarter final, a match or when it is necessary to recover the ball. Typically applies to all or 3/4 parts
of the field although there starting pressure equipment in the middle of the field.

International Competitions
• The major international competitions for national teams, the
Olympic Games and World Championships, held under the auspices
of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which is also
responsible for the rules and organization of international
competitions.
At the regional level:
FIBA Americas Championship, organized by the Pan American
Basketball Confederation.
Pan American Games, which are facing the best teams in America.
Centrobasket, which face the national teams of Mexico, Central
America and the Caribbean.
South American Basketball Tournament, which is facing all South
American teams.
Eurobasket, which faced the 16 best teams in Europe

Important players
• Michael jordan
• Larry bird
• Magic jhonson

Michael jordan
• Michael Jeffrey Jordan, known as Michael Jordan (New York, 17
February 1963), and nicknamed "Air" "His Royal Airness" and "Air
Jordan" is a former American professional basketball player. Today
is the owner of the Charlotte Bobcats NBA franchise. He is
considered by most fans and experts as the best basketball player
in history. He retired permanently in 2003, having done so on two
previous occasions in 1993 and 1999.
He won six rings with the Chicago Bulls, averaging 30.1 points per
game in his career, the highest average in league history. In
addition, won 10 scoring titles, 5 MVP of the season, 6 of the Finals
MVP, named the NBA's best team ten times, nine times in the
defensive leader in steals for three years and a award for best
defender of the season.

Larry Joe Bird
• Bird was born in West Baden Springs, Indiana, and is the son of Georgia Kerns and
Claude Joseph "Joe" Bird. He grew up on horseback from his home town and the
neighboring town of French Lick, so he earned the nickname "Hick from French
Lick). Economic problems rocked the Bird family throughout his childhood. In an
interview with Sports Illustrated in 1988 recalled how his mother was facing these
problems: If you had a debt with the bank and we needed shoes, she got the
shoes, and then negotiating with the bank rates. I do not mean to not pay their
debts, but their children were always first. Sometimes Larry was sent to live with
their grandparents because the crush families. Being poor in childhood, is a
motivation today, told U.S. magazine.
The Bird family difficulties increased due to alcoholism and personal difficulties of
Joe Bird. In 1975, after consummation of the divorce, his father committed suicide
with a firearm. Larry, 18, did not shed a tear.
Despite the domestic misfortunes in his second year at Springs Valley High School,
became one of the best players in French Lick, leaving the institute being the
leading scorer in school history. His portrait hangs in the school, currently on Larry
Bird Boulevard street of the town.

Magic jonson
• Arvin Effay Johnson, Jr. (born August 14, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan), better known
as "Magic" Johnson, is a former American basketball player, considered one of the
best ever. He played in Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA from 1979 to 1991,
returning for a brief period in 1996.
After winning the 1979 NCAA with Michigan State University, Johnson came to the
Lakers with that established one of the best races in league history, proclaiming
NBA champion five times, also playing nine finals, and a large number of individual
awards such as MVP of the season, MVP of the Finals (three times two) and two
MVP of the All-Star Game in 1990 and 1992. He also played 12 All-Star Game, was
included in ten seasons in the best quintets in the league and led the regular
season assists four times, besides being part of the unforgettable Dream Team of
the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, where the combined U.S. took the gold sweeping
their rivals. In 1996 he was named one of the top 50 players in NBA history and
was consecrated in 2002 going into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
In 1991 the player was revealed that she had contracted the HIV virus which
forced him to retire from playing basketball immediately. With the support of his
peers, became the first openly HIV-positive player to play in the NBA.