BASKETBALL Flashcards
WHAT IS BASKETBALL?
-Team Sports
-Played by two teams
-Five players on a
rectangular court
The objective is to shoot a
ball through hoop
and mounted at a height of
18 inches (46 cm) in diameter
10 feet (3.048 m) to backboards at each end of the court.
Basketball invented on?
1891
The creator of basketball
Dr. James Naismith
First basketball coach
Kansas Jayhawks
Dr. James Naismith
(November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939 was a Canadian-American
profession of Dr. James Naismith
-Physical Educator
-Physician
-Chaplain
-Sports Coach
-Innovator
13 Original Rules
- The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands.
- The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands (never with the fist.)
- A player cannot run with the ball.
- The ball must be held in or between the hands;
- No shouldering, holding, pushing, tripping, or striking in any way the person of an opponent shall be allowed;
- A foul is striking at the ball with the fist,
7.If either side makes three consecutive fouls, it shall count a goal for the opponents - A goal shall be made when the ball is thrown or batted from the grounds into the basket and stays there,
9.When the ball goes out of bounds, it shall be thrown into the field of play by the person first touching it.
10.The umpire shall be judge of the men and shall note the fouls and notify the referee when three consecutive fouls have been made.
11.The referee shall be judge of the ball and shall decide when the ball is in play, in bounds, to which side it belongs, and shall keep the time.
12.The time shall be two 15-minute halves, with five minutes’ rest between.
13.The side making the most goals in that time shall be declared the winner.
The very first ball that was used was____ until?___
SoccerBall
until 1840
The basketball was slightly smaller, about ?
thirty inches in diameter
The first baskets that were used were
Two Peach Basket that was hung from the balcony
the peach baskets were replaced by metal baskets with
holes in the bottom what year?
1906
a hoop with a net was invented so the basketball could fall freely to
the ground what year?
1913
due to the overzealous spectators interfering with the
basketball, the backboard was invented what year?
1893
A shot attempt that was off the mark and didn’t touch the basket or the backboard
Airball