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• Basketball is a widely popular team sport played indoors by two teams of five players each. The main goal is to shoot a ball through a basket, making it one of the most viewed sports globally.

  
• Basketball TECHNIQUES AND POSITION


  • Common techniques include shooting, passing, dribbling, and rebounding
  • Player positions like center, power forward, small forward, point guard, and shooting guard vary based on height and skills, contributing to strategic play

  
• Basketball invented by James Naismith, a Canadian clergyman and educator, at the International YMCA Training School (now Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts


  December 1891
• Dribbling


  Bouncing the ball with fingertips for control. Mastery of dribbling with both hands is ideal.
• Passing


  Throwing the ball to a teammate to set up plays or take shots. Emphasis on accurate, catchable passes and proper technique like stepping into the pass and using backspin.
• Rebounding


  Key skill for gaining possession of the ball after missed shots. Crucial for maintaining possession and winning games.
• Running


  Crucial in basketball for quick transitions between offense and defense, evading defenders, reaching the basket faster, and keeping up with opponents during fast breaks.
• Basketball


  Made of leather, official sizes vary (29.5 to 30 inches for men, 28.5 inches for women) with specified weight and bounce height
• Uniform


  Includes jerseys, shorts, and numbered shirts for team identification
• Basketball sneakers


  Provide ankle support and should lace up to the top for a snug fit
• Water bottle


  Essential for hydration during games and practices
• To avoid/prevent dehydration


  1. Drink a cup of water 4 hours before the game and another half-cup of water for every 10 to 15 minutes while playing basketball

  2. Replenish electrolytes like sodium and potassium which are lost through perspiration with sports drinks or enhanced water

  3. To lower your body temperature and reduce sweating use wet towels or a water mist on the skin

  4. When you're working out or exerting yourself, alcoholic and caffeinated beverages, such as coffee, teas and soda, are not recommended for optimal hydration
• Court dimensions


  • A flat, obstruction-free surface measuring 28m long and 15m wide
• Backcourt


  The team's own basket, inbounds part of the backboard and the part of the playing court limited by their own end line, side lines and center line
• Frontcourt


  Opponents' basket area, including part of the backboard and limited by the end lines behind the opponents' basket, side lines, and inner edge of the center line
• Engaging in moderate to vigorous physical activities can lead to temporary health conditions such as dehydration, overexertion, hypothermia and hyperthermia
• Dehydration


  Abnormal depletion of body fluids due to excessive water loss.
• Overexertion


  Occurs when individuals push themselves too hard during physical activities, leading to injuries.
• Hypothermia


  Abnormally low body temperature caused by prolonged exposure to cold temperatures.
• Hyperthermia


  Occurs when the body's core temperature rises, leading to stages like heat stress, fatigue, and exhaustion.
• TYPES OF PASSES


  CHEST PASS, BOUNCE PASS, OVERHEAD PASS, REBOUNDING
• OVERHEAD PASS


  HELD ABOVE THE FOREHEAD WITH BOTH HANDS ON THE SIDE OF THE BALL.
• BOUNCE PASS


  AIMED AT THE FLOOR TO BOUNCE WAIST-HIGH TO THE RECEIVER
• OVERHEAD PASS


  LONGER, STRATEGIC PASSES WITHOUT BRINGING THE BALL BEHIND HEAD
• BOUNCE PASS


  EFFECTIVE FOR PASSING THROUGH DEFENDERS
• CHEST PASS


  FROM CHEST, WITH THUMBS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE BALL. FINGERS ROTATED BEHIND BALL DURING HE PASS
• BADMINTON 


  ORIGIN IN Europe and Asia. known as "Poona" or "Poonai"
• The five main categories of badminton play are:1.men's singles2. women's singles3. men's doubles4. women's doubles and5. mixed doubles.
• RALLY 


  volleying a shuttlecock across the net until it hits the ground.
• NET


  Often made from vinyl mesh, most nets have a leather or cotton top. 2 1/2-feet deep and is raised 5 feet high across the center of the badminton court
• SHUTTLECOCK


  spherical piece of cork coated with leather. attached 16 real goose feathers forming a cone.
• RACKETS 


  known for durability such as aluminum, steel and carbon fiber.
• FOREHAND GRIP


  This grip is used to hit shots that are on the hand facing in the direction of the stroke and around the head shots
• BACKHAND GRIP


  This grip is used to hit shots that are on back of the hand facing in the direction of the stroke, with the arm across the body.
• SCORING


  match is the best of three games. The winner of each game is the first player(s) to reach 21, by two clear points.
• SINGLES


  If your score is even, you serve from the right and if it is odd you serve from the left.
• ACE


  outright point from a serve that is not even touched by the receiver.
• LIFT


  shot played from beneath the height of the net, normally played high to the back of the court.
• SMASH


  A hard, overhead shot, hit directly down into the opposition's court.
• CLEAR


  A shot hit deep into the opponent's court.