BASKETBALL STUDY GUIDE History: Invented in 1891 by James Naismith in Springfield Massachusetts. Object: To score more points than your opponent by shooting the ball through the basketball hoop. Court and Basketball Dimensions: The court size about 94 Feet by 50 feet. The net is 10ft X 18” wide General Information: 1. Each team plays with five players on the court at a time: 2 Forwards, 2 Guards and 1 Center 2. The game is started with a jump ball between a player from each team at center court. 3. Game time is divided into four quarters, 8 minutes in length (High School). 4. Once a player commits five fouls, they are disqualified from the game. 5. Substitution of players may be done any time the ball is NOT in play. 6. Shooting the ball requires a guide hand on the side and your power hand behind the ball. 7. Scoring – field goal (basket) 2pts, Foul shot 1pt, three point shot 3pts. VIOLATIONS FOULS A violation is an infraction of a rule which An infraction of the rules INVOLVING DOES NOT INVOLVE PERSONAL CONTACT. PERSONAL CONTACT with an opponent, PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS: including: The opposing team is awarded a throw-in An infraction of the rules: from out-of-bounds. *Pushing Violations include: *Tripping *Traveling *Holding *Double Dribble *Charging *Carrying the Ball *Over the Back *Causing the ball to go out-of-bounds *Contact with a shooting player *Stepping on the boundary line while in possession of the ball *Three seconds *Kicked ball Types of Defense: Man to man – When each defensive player covers an offensive player. Zone – Each defensive player is responsible for covering and area on the court and any offensive player entering that area. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS Offensive Player – a player whose team has the ball. Defensive Player – a player whose team does NOT have possession of the ball. Triple Threat Position – the ability to shoot, pass or dribble after you receive the ball. Double Dribble – using two hands to dribble the ball. OR, dribbling, picking up the ball, and attempting to dribble again. Free Throw/Foul Shot – an unguarded shot from the free throw line which is 15 feet from the basket. It is awarded as a penalty for a foul. The player has ten seconds to shoot the ball and the basket is worth one point. The other players on the court cannot step on or over the lane line until the ball hits the rim. Throw In – After a violation or basket. When a offensive player throws the ball in from the out of bounds position close to where the violation occurred. Pivoting – A player with the ball may pivot one foot in any direction as long as his/her other foot doesn’t move. Pick/Screen – a legal maneuver in which an offensive player provides his teammate room to shoot, by taking a position that blocks a defensive player. Set Shot – Shooting the ball from a standing position. Layup – A one footed shot banking the ball high and soft off the backboard. Jump Shot – shooting the ball after you jump upward towards the basket. Shot clock – Team with the ball has a set time to shoot the basket or they will lose possession of the ball. Charging – Contact resulting from an offensive player with the ball moving into a defensive player whose position or path has been established. BASKETBALL STUDY GUIDE