4 BASKETBALL

History.The game of Basketball was invented in United States of America. Dr. James
Naismith of USA invented it in December, 1891 at Spring Field College. The origin
used to be in one
ofthis gameis very interesting. In the beginning, 40 to 50 players
team. This,game used to be played in a Gynmnasium,. Apair of baskets were nailed on
the walls facing
each other. One had to climb up to get the ball out whenever a goal
i scored. Indeed, it was a difficult task. After that Dr. Smith framed certain rules
ehis game. This game was played first time on 22nd January, 1892. First time, b
were made
plavers Were fixed in a team. From 1895 to 1900 AD alot ofamendments
he rules of the game. First time, American Basketball Training Association made
fforts for demonstration of this game in 1928 Amsterdam Olympics but itcould
not get
success. After that in 1932 Olympics,
efforts were also made to introduce
Basketball. At1last, in 1936 Olympic games, which were held in Berlin, Basketball was
beginning, USA always
included. In 1932, International Basketball Federation was constituted. From the very introduced by YMCA
dominatedin Basketball. Approximately 85 years ago in India, the game of Basketball was
Indian Basketball Federation
College, Madras. Snce then, Basketball becamepopular in every part of India. The
Iwas formed in 1950.
MAIN TIPS ATAGLANCE
Basketball
10. Circumference of the ball = 75 to 78 cm
1. Number of teams 2

: Number of court players in a team = 5 11. Weight of ball =600 gm to 650 gm

12. Duration of basketball = Four durations of
3. Number of substitutes in a team =7
= 12
10 minute each
4 Total plavers game
5. Size of basketball court = 28 x 15 m 13. Interval between two = [10-2-10-15-10-2-10]
6. Radius of the centre circle = 1.80 m durations
7. Breadth of boundary lines = 5 cm 14. Officials = 5 (1-Referee, 1-Umpire,
8. Thickness of the backboard = 3 cm 1-Scorer, 1-Timekeeper,
= 2.90 m 1-Twenty-four Second
9. Height of lower edge of board from Operator)
the floor

28 m
8.325 m
0.90 Sideline Thr

Endline
Endline

ECentre3.6 m
1.575 m 6.75 m
Restricted
semi-circe circle
No-charge

Thre

Centre
line

Sideline

5m

Team bench area m Team bench area

Scorer's table

Team bench
Team bench
Basketball Court
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 1.8
m

m
0.85

m
0.85

5.8
m m
Neutral zone 0.4
m
0.85

1.25 m
0.375
m

1.75
m
1.2
m

4.9 m
Measurements of Basketball Court

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-1.05
m
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1.20
m

-o.45 m -0.45 m-m

0.30 m 0.15 m

2.90
m
2.75
m

0.05 m
0.05 mn END LINE
END LINE
1.20 m 1.00 m.
E AT LEAST AT LEAST
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-1.20 m 1m

Board along with supports for

Board along with supports for Internationai competitions
National competitions
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LATEST GENERAL RULES
the
1. Now length. and breadth of basketball court is 15 mx
2. Nowthe leather ba
ball is used in 28 m.
. Thelast 2 minutes play before the basketball
end of competitions.
can be provided the game should be playedin real sense and not to pass the time.
three
4. Now time-outs
nwo time-0uts willl be givern to during the secondhalf of the game to cach team but in first half only
Thehbasket poles
each team.
5. should be at least 2 m
Nowthe throw can be iven from the awaay from the end line.
7. 30 secOonds rrulehas beenchanged to 24end line.
8. Nowthere are four periods of the seconds.
game i.c., 10-10-10-10 minutes.
A
rectangular-shaped restricted area
10 The distance ot three point line has has been introduced.
been extended to 6 75 m. whereas earlier it was
11. No-charge sem-rcles have been b.25 m.
the floor bencath the exactcentre ofintroduced. The radius of the circles shall be 1.25 m from the Point o
the basket to the inneredge of the
semi-circle.
EUNDAMENTAL SKILLS OF BASKETBALL
1. Handling the ball
2. P'assing 6. Rebounding
7. Defence
(a) Chest or push pass
(b) Baseball pass 8. Dodge
(c) Underhand pass (a) To dodge with singles
(d) Overhead pass (b) By speed
(e) Two-handed bounce pass (c) By escape
9. Free throw
() Hook pass 10. Offensive strategy
(g) Flip pass (a) Faking
(h) Tip or Volley pass (b) Screening
(i) Back pass (c) Triangular attack
3. Pivoting (d) Zonal attack
4. Dribbling 11. Defensive Attack
(a) High dribble (a) Blocking
(b) Low dribble (b) Tackling
5. Shooting (c) Zonal Defence
(a) Two hand shot (d) Guarding
(b) Lay up shot (e) Man to man defence
(c) Hook shot
(d) Jump shot
The brief description of sonmeof the fundamental skills of Basketballis given below:
. Holding the bali. Holding the ball is very significant for passing, throwing, shooting and dribbling in basket
ball game. So, the ball shouldbe held in hands with fingers spread and the thumbs tilted inwards, The ball
should not be held between palms while holding the ball, the hands should be relaxed but the erip should
be firm. The ballshould be close enough to the body.
LChest Pass. Forperforming a two-handed chest pass accurately, the ball should be held properly in front of
the chest. The arms should be relaxed andelbows also should be close tothe body. Atthisjuneture. the knees
should be slightly bent and the body weightmust be onhees ot botth the teet. The ballshould be passed by
ending the arms completely. The legs should also be extendedat this tine
3. Bounce Pass. In bounce pass, the holding of the ball, body postion and passing action are approximately
the same as in two-handed chest pass. However, in bouee pass, the ball is thrown in such a way that the
ballshould bounce at a specific place so that it may bonee up to the waistlevelot the receiver easily.This
pe of pass can be performedwith one hand only.
+. Baseball Pass, In this typeof pass, the ball shouldbe taken just behind the head onright or left direction
with asupport of upper portion of paln and fings Oe toot should be kept in tront of the other and the
ball should be thrown with a swing with fings. Ths paS IS USually appied for long passes.
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 A in h n eNmng the hiv either side bv using an one leg as a support
hwathe her torleg ma be moed in an
direction.
R hNhest The pivoting is ver usetul for getting id of ar Duriopponert
ngtris rvzian
TERMNOLOGY

Reld ballAath n h mns plavers hoth hold the ball, neither of

Wn Ythrng the hall in the air between them (1 them can get pos5e53 -
when a plaver makes
amali N l ret sng paveTs to start or restart agame is called a jump ball
ReTNinhen the hall bounes ott the backboardor basket
Th i thutthng the hll intoplar irom out of bounds.
iN N e tnrw the hall in one direction but actuallv moving or
throwing the r
Ding it s n t h the all.
Tetnial FoalkAmntatulbraplaver, teamor coach tor unsportsman like behaviour or failure toz
eltire Foat t lnanoent br Oor more plavers at the
Pesoal contat Itseiul when a plaver is impeded same time.
pushed, charged or
Set shot An nirei shttaken irom a well-balanced position is called a held bv an opponent plaver.
VeltirethrowAnumheoi iee thow awarded at the same set shot.
time for a foul br opponent.
MPORTANT TOURNAMENTS

4 sIrophr
8 Wla
IoddMemorialIrorhr NationalMen)
- Pnce lasalat ha Tzophr National-Women)

S Federation Cup
Bangalore Blues Cup
CMuri Swami Cup
AI hiia Ramu Mlemorial Trophv
SPORTS AWARDs 1977-78 TVijavraghavan
1979-80 Om Prakash
ARJLNA AWARDEES
1982 Ajmer Singh
Sarabjit Singh 1983 Radhev Shvam, Suman Sharma
Khushi Ram 1999 Sajjan Singh Cheema
Gurd.al Singh 2001 Parmender Singh
Han Dutt 2014 Geethu Anna Rahul
Abbas Moontasir 2017 PrahsantiSingh
Man Mohan Singh 2020 Vishesh Bhriguvanshi
Surendar Kumar Kataria DHYAN CHAND AWARDEES
Anil Kumar Pun 2002 Aparna Ghosh
Hanuman Singh 2003 Ram Kumar
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 GENERAL
oUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT
What are the

4ns. 25m
x15m measurements of basketball BASKETBALL court?
FOR VIVA

What is the height of the board from

4n5. 2.90m.
ground?
What is the
4ns. 73 to /S cm.
circumference of the ball?
04 Whatiis the weight of the ball?
600to 650 gm.
D5. How many players are there in a team?
Tota] 12 plavers (5
4ns
What is the
players +7substitutes).
duration of the match?
10M-2 M(Rest)-10 M-15 M(Rest)-10 M-2
How many time-outs can be taken in a M(Rest)-10 M.
ns Two
match?
time-outs to each team in first half and 3 time-outs to each team in second halt.
What is the duration of a time-out?
Ans. One minute.
e lf aplaver commits 5fouls in first half, can he play in
second half?
inS. After committing 5 fouls, the player cannot play in the same match.
O10. From which material the board is made?
ins. The board is made of hard wood or fibre glass.
Q12 What isthe diameter of the ring which is attached to the board?
Ans. The diameter of the ring (inside) is 45 cm.
Q12 Can an old ball be used in a match?
Ans. Yes, an old ballcan be used in a match but it should be made of leather.
Q13. What numbers are printed on the shirts of players?
Ans. Numbers 4 to 15 are printed on the shirts of players.
4 Can any player leave the court during the match?
Ans. No, without permission of officials no player can leave the court.
13. What is the method of giving points?
Ans. Abasket bevond 3 points line = 3ponts
A basket from inside the 3 points line =2 points
Abasket by free throw =1point.
26. What is pivoting?
than once in any direction with the same foot but the other foot,
Ans. Pivoting means taking astep once or more with the floor.
remain in touch
uch is called pivot foot, should
017. What are the different types of passing in Basketball? hands, Baseball pass, Hook pass, Flip pass, Volley pass
Ans. Push pass, bounce pass, underhand pass with two
and one- handed side pass.
What is 'zone to zone defence'?
Ans. it is a Svstem of defence in which players are responsiblefor defence of their sides. This system of defernce
slowin making moves.
thhaat is
S mainly suited againsttateamn
19. What is 'man to man defence'? defence against any specific player o
player of a team is responsible for
Ans. in this Svstem of defence, responsiblefor him and follows him on the court.
everv
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pposite team. He is fully
 Q20. If both the teams have equal points after theend. of the second half, how will the decision of the winner

loserbe taken?
Ans. and
An extra time of 5 minutes will be given and this extra time will be given again and again till the tie is

broken.
duration of substitution?
Q21. What is the
substitution is 20 seconds.
Ans. The duration of
"Three Seconds Rule"?
022. What do you mean by
Ans A nlaver cannot remain for more than three seconds in the opponents restricted area, while the ball i :
ontrol of his team. In fact, the restricted area is the area between the end line and the free throw line
Q23. What do you mean by "Ten Seconds Rule"?
Ans, According to this rule, during the last three minutes of the play of the second half and during all the
extra periods of play,theattacking team must bring the ball to its front court within ten seconds after the
possession of the ball.
Q24. What is the length and breadth of the board?
Ans. The length and breadth of the board are 1.80 m and 1.20 m respectively.
Q25. Which tvpe of ball is used in competitions?
Ans. Leatherette ballis used in competitions.
Q26. Carn ateam pass the time in last two minutes game?
Ans. No, in the last two minutes gamne, there should be
actual play.
Q27. Is there any 30seconds rule?
Ans. No, instead of 30 seconds rule, there is 24
Q28. From where the free throws are
seconds rule.
Ans. Free throws are taken from the
taken?
end line.
Q29. What is the minimum distance of
Ans. The minimum distance is 2 m basketball upright from the end line?
awav from the end line.

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