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How
to play
Basketball
is a team sport consisting of five players and two teams. The aim of
each team is to score in the opposing team’s basket.
Players
will try to prevent the other team from getting the ball or scoring,
by keeping the ball within their team and defending their own
basket.
Players
are not permitted to run with the ball, to kick it or to hit it with
their fists. This offence is known as a travel.
The
team that has scored the most points at the end of the game is the
winner.
Scoring
A
goal is scored when a player throws the ball into the basket of the
opposing team.
Most
goals are worth two points however a goal shot from the three
point arc will score three points.
Fouls
A
foul is a violation of the rules. A player guilty of unnecessary
personal contact such as touching, bumping, shoving or running into
another player will be awarded a foul. Once a team has accumulated
four fouls in a quarter, the opposing team is awarded two free
throws for any other fouls accumulated in that half.
Free throw
If
a player is fouled while shooting a goal, they will be rewarded one
free throw and if they score the goal, it will count. If they do not
score the goal, either two or three free throws will be rewarded
depending on where the player was standing at the time of the
infringement.
If
a player not in the act of shooting a goal is fouled, they will be
rewarded two free throws.
Shot clock
A
player has only 24 seconds to shoot for a goal once they gain
possession of the ball. If they fail to do so, they will lose
possession of the ball.
Equipment
The
ball is orange in colour and has an outer casing of genuine leather.
The circumference is 74.9-78cm and the weight is 567-650 grams. It
is inflated to a pressure so that when the ball is dropped from a
height of 1.8 metres it will rebound to 1.2-1.4 metres.
Rules
l
Basketball is a fast, exciting game
played by two teams of 5 players, who may pass, throw, roll, bat or
dribble the ball. The object of the game is to score points by throwing
the ball into the opposing team's basket.
l A goal is scored when the ball
enters the basket from above and passes through the net. Goals from inside
the field area count as 2 points, goals from outside the 3 point area are
counted as 3 points. And free throws are counted as 1 point.
 What
is your grade?
National
Basketball League
Where
to Play
National
Basketball League
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