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Basketball Sports |
Basketball, a sport of two teams comprising five players in
each team. The team tries to score points on one another by throwing
a ball through a hoop (known as basket) under an organized rules.
The team having more points at the end of the game wins.
If the shot is of regular jump inside the arch, it is worth of two
points. Three points are awarded if the jump shot is beyond the arch
and one point for a free throw. Within the court the ball can be
advanced by bouncing it or passing it between teammates.
DO YOU KNOW
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The only essential equipment
in basketball is the ball and the court |
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Competitive
levels game require the use of more equipment such as clocks,
scoresheets, scoreboards, alternating possession arrows, and
whistle-operated stop-clock systems. |
Basketball
court in international games is 28 by 15 meters (approx. 92 by
49 ft) and in the NBA is 94 by 50 feet (29 by 15 m). |
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A
cast iron basket with net and backboard hang over each end of
the court. |
At
almost all levels of competition, the top of the rim is exactly
10 feet (3.05 m) above the court and 4 feet (1.2 m) inside the
endline. |
HISTORY OF BASKETBALL
- Basketball, as a game began in 1891.
- Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian physician of McGill University
founded the game to keep his students occupied during the long
New England winters and he wrote the basic rules.
- Then, a type of similar game was known as "Duck on a
rock."
- Basketball was originally played with a soccer ball.
- The first ball of the sport made was brown. In late 1950s,
Tony Hinkle introduced orange ball that were more visible to
players and spectators.
BASKETBALL IN OLYMPICS
Olympic medalists in Basketball are as cited below:
FOR MEN
| 1976 |
Gold: United States |
Silver: Yugoslavia |
Bronze: Soviet Union |
| 1980 |
Gold: Yugoslavia |
Silver: Italy |
Bronze: Soviet Union |
| 1984 |
Gold: United States |
Silver: Spain |
Bronze: Yugoslavia |
| 1988 |
Gold: Soviet Union |
Silver: Yugoslavia |
Bronze: United States |
| 1992 |
Gold: United States |
Silver: Croatia |
Bronze: Lithuania |
| 1996 |
Gold: United States |
Silver: Yugoslavia |
Bronze: Lithuania |
| 2000 |
Gold: United States |
Silver: France |
Bronze: Lithuania |
FOR WOMEN
| 1976 |
Gold: Soviet Union |
Silver: United States |
Bronze: Bulgaria |
| 1980 |
Gold: Soviet Union |
Silver: Bulgaria |
Bronze: Yugoslavia |
| 1984 |
Gold - United States |
Silver: South Korea |
Bronze: People's Republic of
China |
| 1988 |
Gold: United States |
Silver: Yugoslavia |
Bronze: Soviet Union |
| 1992 |
Gold: Unified Team* |
Silver: People's Republic of
China |
Bronze: United States |
| 1996 |
Gold: United States |
Silver: Brazil |
Bronze: Australia |
| 2000 |
Gold: United States |
Silver: Australia |
Bronze: Brazil |
*all former Soviet Union Republics
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