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Basketball. Audience: 6 th -12 th grade By: Lindsey Singer. Greatest Players of All-Time. Michael Jordan. Magic Johnson. Larry Bird. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Popular NBA Basketball Players (Present). Kobe Bryant Lebron James Tim Duncan Carmelo Anthony Yao Ming. Examples of NBA Teams.
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Basketball Audience: 6th-12th grade By: Lindsey Singer
Greatest Players of All-Time Michael Jordan Magic Johnson Larry Bird Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Popular NBA Basketball Players (Present) • Kobe Bryant • Lebron James • Tim Duncan • Carmelo Anthony • Yao Ming
Popular College Basketball Players (Present) • Kemba Walker • Kyle Singler • Charles Okwandu • John Flowers
History • Invented in December, 1891 by James Naismith • First formal rules were devised in 1892 • Teams originally had 9 players • 1897-98: teams of 5 became standard • Became popular in both the U.S and Canada
History Cont.. • The first pro league, the National Basketball League, was formed in 1898 • Only lasted 5 years before disbanding • jh : First original team • -Dominated basketball until 1936 :founded in 1927 • -Known for fancy ball handling
History Cont.. • 1949: The National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America merged to create the National Basketball Association (NBA) • Boston Celtics: dominated from the late 1950s through the 1960s • 1970s: NBA dropped in popularity • Larry Bird, Magic Johnson brought back the excitement in the 1980’s
History Cont.. • 1980s: “Greatest player to ever play the game” rose to stardom; Michael Jordan • NBA is still popular today with players such as: • Kobe Bryant • Lebron James • Shaquille O’Neil • Dirk Nowitzki
Hall of Fame • Founded in 1959 in Springfield, Massachusetts • Includes the names of great players, coaches, referees, and people who have contributed significantly to the game
Some Hall of Famers • Players: - Scottie Pippen - Karl Malone • Referees: - Earl Strom - David Walsh • Coaches: • Larry Brown • John Chaney • Contributors: • Clair Bee • Walter Brown
Important Terms Assist Defense Fast Break A pass to a teammate, who then scores Team trying to stop the other team from scoring Dribbling or passing the ball towards your basket before the defense can set up Air Ball Dunk Man-to-Man A shot that completely misses the rim and backboard A defensive strategy where everyone guards an assigned player To throw the ball down into the basket with the hand above the level of the rim
Important Terms Cont.. Offense: the team trying to score Zone Defense: defensive strategy where everyone guards an area instead of a player (2-1-2, 2-3) Turnover: Any loss of the ball without a shot being taken
Violations • Results in a change of possession with the team in bounding the ball at the side line opposite where the infringement took place • Traveling: walking or running with ball, without dribbling • 3 Seconds: when an offensive player stands in the key (free throw-lane), for more than 3 seconds • Double Dribble: when a player dribbles the ball with 2 hands or dribbles the ball, stops, then starts dribbling again
Fouls • Results in one or more free throws awarded to the opposing team • Blocking: impeding the progress of an opponent by extending one or both arms horizontally or getting in the path of a moving player • Charging: running into a stationary player while you are moving with the ball • Hacking: when the player hits the arm or hand of the person holding the ball • Holding: when the player holds the person with or without the ball
Skills • Boxing out: a player’s position between an opposing player and the basket to obtain a better rebounding position • Dribbling: bouncing the ball with 1 hand using your fingertips • Passing: moving the ball by throwing, bouncing, handing, or rolling it to another player
Skills Cont.. • Shooting: throwing the ball to make a basket • Pivoting: stepping once or more in any direction with the same foot while holding the other foot at its initial point • Rebounding: the recovering of a shot that bounces off the backboard or the rim
Skills Cont.. Boxing Out Dribbling Passing
Skills Cont.. Shooting Pivoting Rebounding
Scoring • 2 Point Field Goal: a shot made from anywhere inside the 3 point arc • 3 Point Field Goal: a shot made from anywhere outside the 3 point arc • Free Throw: 1 point is awarded to an unguarded shot taken from behind the free throw line while the clock is stopped
Scoring Cont.. 2 point field goal 3 point field goal Free Throw
Length of Game • Middle/High School: 4 quarters, 8 minutes long • College: 2 twenty minute halves • NBA: 4 twelve minute halves Overtime if necessary
References • http://library.thinkquest.org/10615/no-frames/basketball/history.html • http://westlake.k12.oh.us/hilliard/whspe/basketball/basketball_rules.htm