Basket ball

 

                                                            Basket Ball

             Basketball is my favourite sport.iT IS FAMOUS SPORT IN THE WORLD. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running  or by passing it to a teammate, both of which require considerable skill. On offense, players may use a variety of shots – the layup, the jump shot, or a dunk on defense, they may steal the ball from a dribbler, intercept passes, or block shots; either offense or defense may collect a rebound, that is, a missed shot that bounces from rim or backboard. It is a violation to lift or drag one's pivot foot without dribbling the ball, to carry it, or to hold the ball with both hands then resume dribbling.

             The five players on each side fall into five playing positions. The tallest player is usually the center, the second-tallest and strongest is the power forward, a slightly shorter but more agile player is the small forward, and the shortest players or the best ball handlers are the shooting guard and the point guard, who implements the coach's game plan by managing the execution of offensive and defensive plays . Informally, players may play three-on-three, two-on-two, and one-on-one. In December 1891, James Naismith, a Canadian professor of physical education and instructor at the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School  in Springfield, Massachusetts was trying to keep his gym class active on a rainy day.He sought a vigorous indoor game to keep his students occupied and at proper levels of fitness during the long New England winters. After rejecting other ideas as either too rough or poorly suited to walled-in gymnasiums

        Naismith wrote the basic rules and nailed a peach basket onto an elevated track. Naismith initially set up the peach basket with its bottom intact, which meant that the ball had to be retrieved manually after each "basket" or point scored. This quickly proved tedious, so Naismith removed the bottom of the basket to allow the balls to be poked out with a long dowel after each scored basket.

               
              

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    Blog by :- Oshan Dissanayake     
                            

            (Mu / 21/ 241)

    

 (Undergraduate at University of the Visual and Performing Arts)

                         ( Faculty of Music )