PEH long quiz

• Basketball

  Dr. James Naismith

  -        Naismith was born in 1861 in Ramsay Township, Ontario, Canada. He graduated as a physician at McGill University in Montreal and was primarily interested in sports physiology.

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• Different positions of player

  -        Shooting guard

  -        Small forward

  -        Centre

  -        Power forward

  -        Point guard
• Passing – the most difficult skill, this skill requires your vision, touch, and strength.
• Ball handling – holding the ball correctly using your fingertips and not your palm.
• Three basic kinds of pass

  -        Chest pass

  -        Bounce pass

  -        Overhead pass
• Chest pass – ball is held in the chest area and is thrown to the receiver by  quickly extending the arms and hands
• Bounce pass – ball is thrown and is allowed to bounce approx 2/3 of the way from passer to the receiver, used by small player who are guarded by taller players.
• Overhead pass – this is two handed pass that is taken from above the head of the passer, best used by players guarded by shorter players.
• Baseball/outlet pass – one handed pass similarly used in baseball game, which is aimed at allowing the ball to received from a longer distance.
• Dribbling – important attacking skill dome by tapping of the ball with your fingers with one hand
• Shooting – one of the most important basic skills in basketball because it gives your team a scoring point.
• Set shot – done on free throw
• Layup shot – done while player moves and throws the ball into basket.
• Jump shot – done in bending down and jumping to shoot.
• Hook shot – done by arching the far hand upward while moving sideways to the basket.
• Slam dunk – done by a player who takes the ball and throws it down to the basket with great force.
• Defensive skills

  -        Rebounding

  -        Boxing out
• Offensive skills

  -        Cutting

  -        Faking

  -        Passing

  -        Timing

  -        Looking
• Holding – signal foul: grasp wrist
• Loose ball foul – extend arms to shoulder level
• 20-second time out – hands touching shoulder
• Double foul – waving clenched fists
• Technical foul – form T
• 24-second violation – tap head
• Jump ball – thumbs up
• Traveling – rotate fists
• Basket interference – rotate finger
• Direction of play – point direction call team color.
• Equipments in basketball

  Ball - 45.7 cm and 23.8 cm

  Ring