Basketball-Lesson 2k23
Basketball-Lesson 2k23
Basketball-Lesson 2k23
04 Basic Skills
05 Basketball Terminologies
Lesson Objectives
It is 75 to 78 cm in circumference and
weighs 600-650 grams.
2. Offense: Team or individual patterns of play that are used to get the
ball into scoring position. There are two basic types of offensive
attacks: the slow deliberate attack and the fast break attack.
Basic Rules
6. Timing:
High school varsity games play 8 minute quarters.
Time stops each time an official blows the whistle indicating a dead
ball.
There is one minute between quarters and 10 minutes at the half.
A player has 10 seconds to shoot a free throw.
A player has 5 seconds to inbound the ball.
Running time is used in physical education and intramural situations.
The clock does not stop on dead balls.
Play
1. The game is started with a jump ball in the center
circle between two opponents.
2. Bounce pass- The ball is thrown from your chest and is bounced
once before entering your teammate’s hands near their chest area.
This pass is the most difficult pass to defend.
3. Overhead pass – The ball is passed from over your head into your
teammate’s chest.
Rebounding
the ability to jump with power to gain
possession of the ball as it bounces to the
rim after a failed shot before it touches the
floor.
Running
06 Basic Terminologies in
Basketball
Baseline – the end line
Boxing out – a term used to designate a player’s position under the backboard that
prevents an opposing player from achieving a good rebounding position.
Carrying – In a carry, your hand makes contact with the bottom of the ball, then flips the ball
over in the act of dribbling
Charging – personal contact against the body of an opponent by a player with the ball.
Fake (Feint) – using a deceptive move with the ball to pull the defensive player out of
position.
Fast break – moving the ball quickly down the court in order to score before the defense can
set up.
Field Goal - a basket scored from the field, worth two points, unless outside the three
point line.
Free throw – the privilege given a player to score one point by an unhindered throw for a goal from
within the free-throw circle and behind the free throw line.
Lay-up – a shot where a player releases the ball close to the basket while continuing to run off one
foot
Pick – a special type of screen where a player stands so the defensive player slides to make
contact, freeing an offensive teammate for a shot, drive, or pass.
Pivot – takes place when a player who is holding the ball steps once or more than once in any
direction with the same foot. The other foot, called the pivot foot, is kept at its point of contact
with the floor
Press – a team’s attempt to take the ball away from their opponent before they can set up their
offense.
Rebound – when a shot bounces off the backboard or basket and is pulled down by a player.
Team’s Back Court – the part of the court containing the opponent’s basket
Team’s Front Court – the part of the court containing the team’s own basket.
Telegraphing the Pass – indicating where you are going to pass by looking or signaling.
Traveling – when a player in possession of the ball within bounds progresses illegally in any
direction.
Violation – an infraction of the rules resulting in a throw-in from out of bounds for the opponents.