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• Basketball

  • Team sport composed of five players
  • Ball is passed, dribbled, thrown, bounced, or rolled from one player to another, maintaining contact with the floor
• Dr. James Naismith


  Created the game of basketball when he introduced it to a class of YMCA College
• Basketball


  Game played between two teams of five players each on a rectangular court, usually indoors
• Basketball was introduced in France in 1893, in England in 1894, in Australia, China, and India soon thereafter, and in Japan in 1900
• Canada was the first country outside the United States to play the game
• Basketball court


  • Rectangular, measures 94ft x 50 feet or 28 m long and 15 m wide
• Basketball ball


  Spherical, circumference of 29½ to 30 inches for men and 28 ½ to 29 inches for women, must weigh 600-650 grams
• Basketball basket


  • Consists of a simple metal ring constructed from solid iron, 18 inches in diameter, suspended from a backboard at each end of the court, 10 feet (3 metres) above the floor
• Dribbling


  First area of the game to be taught, used to penetrate or drive towards the basket, create a better passing lane, get out of a crowd, and bring the ball down the court
• Passing


  Deliberate attempt to move a live ball between two teammates
• Shooting


  Most vital of all skills, primary objective of the game is to score points through shooting
• Jump shot


  Very effective in the offense because of its high point of release
• Lay-up


  Receives the highest percentage shots in any basketball match because of the closeness in range
• Track events


  • Sprints
  • Middle-distance
  • Long-distance
  • Hurdles
  • Relays
• Field events


  • Jumps
  • Throws
• Combined events


  • Pentathlon
  • Heptathlon
  • Decathlon
• Track and field were originally referred to as athletics
• An athlete comes from the Greek word "athlos" which means "competition"
• More than thirty different track and field events in the Olympics games
• Track and field


  • Require different combinations of sports fitness which includes endurance, strength, speed, flexibility, coordination and balance to be successful
• Modern track and field competitions evolved in England

  18th century
• Track and field events were included in the First Olympic games


  1896
• Birth of the International Association of Athletic Federations which is the official governing body

  July 17, 1912
• 2012 Summer Olympic games


  • Maristella Torres was able to join
  • Lydia de Vega was once a prime athlete during her time
• Running events


  • Sprints (100m, 200m, 400m)
  • Middle distance (800m, 1500m)
  • Long distance (3000m Steeplechase, 5000m, 10,000m)
  • Hurdles (110/100m, 400m)
  • Relays (4x100m, 4x400m, mixed 4x400m)
• Jumping events


  • Long Jump
  • High Jump
  • Triple Jump
  • Pole Vault
• Throwing events


  • Discus
  • Shot Put
  • Javelin
  • Hammer Throw
• The decathlon includes TEN events
• The heptathlon includes SEVEN events
• Walking events


  • Race walking
  • Marathon
• Race walking


  A special long-distance race event in which the participants must walk as fast as they can
• Marathon


  A long-distance running event, taking place over a course of 42.195km or (26 miles & 385 yds.) in length
• Marathon was originally conceived as a race for the 1896 Olympics in Athens, commemorating the run of the soldier Pheidippides from a battlefield
• Volleyball was invented by William G. Morgan


  1895
• Objective of volleyball


  Prevent the ball from contacting the ground
• Volleyball team


  • Maximum of three contacts before the ball is returned across the net
• Volleyball players


  • Perform serve reception, attack coverage, defense, and offense
• Volleyball


  • Develops leadership skills, teamwork and communication among players
• William G. Morgan invented a new game initially called MINTONETTE


  February 1895
• Dr. Alfred Halstead suggested changing the name to "VOLLEYBALL"


  1896