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PHYSICAL EDUCATION 4
(TEAM SPORTS)

Name: Section: Date:

MODULE 1

INTRODUCTION TO TEAM SPORTS: Basketball

Title

Objectives:
1. Identify and recall the facts and information about Basketball.
2. Create a sketch of a Basketball Court.

HISTORY

Basketball, colloquially referred to as hoops, is a team sport in which

two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a
rectangular court, compete with the primary objective
of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter)
through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter
mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end of the court)
while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.
A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point
line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player
fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-
point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game
wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of
play (overtime) is mandated.

In early December 1891, Canadian James Naismith, a physical education

professor and instructor at the International Young Men's Christian
Association Training School (YMCA) (today, Springfield College)
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, he wrote the basic rules and nailed a peach basket onto an
elevated track. In contrast with modern basketball nets, this peach basket
retained its bottom, and balls had to be retrieved manually after each
"basket" or point scored; this proved inefficient, however, so the bottom of
the basket was removed, allowing the balls to be poked out with a
long dowel each time.

Basketball was originally played with a soccer ball. These round balls from
"association football" were made, at the time, with a set of laces to close off
the hole needed for inserting the inflatable bladder after the other sewn-
together segments of the ball's cover had been flipped outside-in. These
laces could cause bounce passes and dribbling to be
unpredictable. Eventually a lace-free ball construction method was invented,
and this change to the game was endorsed by Naismith. (Whereas
in American football, the lace construction proved to be advantageous for
gripping and remains to this day.) The first balls made specifically for
basketball were brown, and it was only in the late 1950s that Tony Hinkle,
searching for a ball that would be more visible to players and spectators
alike, introduced the orange ball that is now in common use. Dribbling was
not part of the original game except for the "bounce pass" to teammates.
Passing the ball was the primary means of ball movement. Dribbling was
eventually introduced but limited by the asymmetric shape of early
balls. Dribbling was common by 1896, with a rule against the double dribble
by 1898.

FIBA or International Basketball Federation was formed in 1932 by eight

founding
nations: Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Romania
and Switzerland. At this time, the organization only oversaw amateur
players. Its acronym, derived from the French Fédération Internationale de
Basket-ball Amateur, was thus "FIBA". Men's basketball was first included at
the Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics, although a demonstration tournament
was held in 1904. The United States defeated Canada in the first final, played
outdoors. This competition has usually been dominated by the United States,
whose team has won all but three titles. The first of these came in a
controversial final game in Munich in 1972 against the Soviet Union, in which
the ending of the game was replayed three times until the Soviet Union
finally came out on top. In 1950 the first FIBA World Championship for men,
now known as the FIBA Basketball World Cup, was held in Argentina. Three
years later, the first FIBA World Championship for women, now known as
the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, was held in Chile. Women's
basketball was added to the Olympics in 1976, which were held in Montreal,
Quebec, Canada with teams such as the Soviet
Union, Brazil and Australia rivaling the American squads.

In 1989, FIBA allowed professional NBA players to participate in the Olympics

for the first time. Prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics, only European and
South American teams were allowed to field professionals in the Olympics.
The United States' dominance continued with the introduction of the
original Dream Team. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, the United States
suffered its first Olympic loss while using professional players, falling
to Puerto Rico (in a 19-point loss) and Lithuania in group games, and being
eliminated in the semifinals by Argentina. It eventually won the bronze
medal defeating Lithuania, finishing behind Argentina and Italy. The Redeem
Team, won gold at the 2008 Olympics, and the B-Team, won gold at
the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey despite featuring no players
from the 2008 squad. The United States continued its dominance as they
won gold at the 2012 Olympics, 2014 FIBA World Cup and the 2016
Olympics.

EQUIPMENTS & FACILITIES

The only essential equipment in a basketball game is the ball and the court:
a flat, rectangular surface with baskets at opposite ends. Competitive levels
require the use of more equipment such as clocks, score sheets,
scoreboard(s), alternating possession arrows, and whistle-operated stop-
clock systems.

The size of the basketball is also regulated. For men,

the official ball is 29.5 inches (75 cm) in circumference
(size 7, or a "295 ball") and weighs 22 oz (623.69
grams). If women are playing, the official basketball
size is 28.5 inches (72 cm) in circumference (size 6, or
a "285 ball") with a weight of 20 oz (567 grams).
In 3x3, a formalized version of the half court 3-on-3
game, a dedicated ball with the circumference of a
size 6 ball but the weight of a size 7 ball is used in all
competitions (men's, women's, and mixed teams).

A regulation basketball court in international

games is 91.9 feet (28.0 meters) long and 49.2
feet (15 meters) wide. In the NBA and NCAA the
court is 94 by 50 feet (29 by 15 meters).
[36] Most courts have wood flooring, usually
constructed from maple planks running in the
same direction as the longer court
dimension. The name and logo of the home team
is usually painted on or around the center circle.

The basket is a steel rim 18 inches (46 cm) diameter with an attached net
affixed to a backboard that measures 6 by 3.5 feet (1.8 by 1.1 meters) and
one basket is at each end of the court. The white outlined box on the
backboard is 18 inches (46 cm) high and 2 feet (61 cm) wide. At almost all
levels of competition, the top of the rim is exactly 10 feet (3.05 meters)
above the court and 4 feet (1.22 meters) inside the baseline. While variation
is possible in the dimensions of the court and backboard, it is considered
important for the basket to be of the correct height – a rim that is off by just
a few inches can have an adverse effect on shooting. The net must "check
the ball momentarily as it passes through the basket" to aid the visual
confirmation that the ball went through. The act of checking the ball has the
further advantage of slowing down the ball so the rebound doesn't go as far.

ACTIVITY:

1. On the space given below, draw a basketball court of then label each
of the different lines with measurement.

EVALUATION:

Direction: Answer the following questions and fill in the blanks. Write your
answer below.

1. Who created and what year was basketball invented?

2. What is the first ball used in basketball?

3. What was the first basket used made of?

4. FIBA was formed in the year ______?

5. In what year did FIBA allow NBA to play in the Olympics?

6. What are the founding countries that created FIBA?

7. Men's basketball was first included at the ______ Summer Olympics?

8. What is the original game concept of Basketball?

9. FIBA came from the French words __________________________________?

10. Basketball colloquially referred to _________?