A TO Z BASKETBALL

Author: B. S. Rathore

Basketball is a very physical game. In addition to the creation of basketball, James Naismith graduated as a medical doctor, primarily interested in sports physiology and what we would today call sports science, and as a Presbyterian minister, with a keen interest in philosophy and clean living. Naismith watched his sport, basketball, introduced in many nations by the YMCA movement as early as 1893. Basketball was introduced at the Berlin Olympics in 1936. Today basketball has grown to become one of the world's most popular sports. Basketball involves the use of a basketball court, ball, and basketball hoops and is played by attempting to score points for each time the basketball is successfully thrown at the hoop and goes through. Basketball is a team sport requiring a minimum of five players per team. Each person fills one of five positions consisting of two forwards, two point guards, and one center. Each team has a designated hoop at each end of the court. To score points players maneuver the ball down the court towards their own hoop and shoot ( throw ) the ball through the hoop. After each shot is made, possession of the ball changes to the other team.

Contents:

Chapters: History of the Games, Introduction of the Game, How to Play, Rule and Laws the Game, A to Z of Basketball.

ISBN 978-81-7216-265-2

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