Basketball

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
The only essential equipment in basketball is the ball and the court

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).
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

BASKETBALL TIPS
There are basically two main defensive strategies in basketball. They are as given below:

Zone defence - It involves players in defensive positions guarding whichever opponent is in their zone.
Man-to-man defense - In this each of the defensive player guards a specific opponent and tries to prevent him from taking action.

Note: Variations of the two main structures are also used.

BASKETBALL TIT-BITS

The International Basketball Federation was formed in 1932. Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Romania and Switzerland were the founding nations. Then it only oversaw amateur players.
The outdoor basketball courts are commonly referred to as "blacktop", that refer to the asphalt surface used on many outdoor recreation grounds.

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By Shashi paul (on Aug 29, 2011 04:13 PM)

I play basketball very well.

By B.sainitin (on Aug 19, 2011 10:53 PM)

I like basket ball and i play very well basket ball and iam selected to inter-school basket ball championship

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