Basketball

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Basketball

• By Laura Humphreys

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Basketball Vocab

• Air ball- a shot that completely misses the rim
  and the backboard
• Assist- a pass to a teammate who then scores a
  field goal.

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Vocab cont.

• Defense- team trying to stop the other team from
  scoring
• Offense- team trying to score

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Vocab cont.

• Man-to-man- a defensive strategy where everyone
  guards an assigned player
• Zone defense- a defensive strategy where everyone
  guards an area instead of a player (2-1-2, 2-3)

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Vocab cont.

• Fast break- dribbling or passing the ball towards
  your basket before the defense can set up
• Turn over- any loss of the ball without a shot
  being taken

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Key individual skills to master for the game of
Basketball

• Set shot
• Lay up
• Chest pass
• Bounce pass
• dribbling

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Set Shot

• Key Points

Holds ball with shooting hand behind and under
the ball. Bends knees when preparing to shoot.
Straighten legs and arms when shooting the
ball. Follow through with shooting hand. (goose
neck)
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Lay up

• RIGHT SIDE Step right, left, hop
• - Right knee up
• LEFT SIDE Step left, right, hop
• - Left knee up

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Chest pass

• Fingers spread on both sides of ball.
• Step forward with one foot.
• Elbows out, and push (snap) ball
  forward.
• After release, back of hands face each other.

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Bounce pass

• Fingers spread on both sides of ball.
• Step forward with one foot.
• Elbows out, push ball out and down (snap) more
  than half way to target.
• After release, back of hands face each other.

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Dribbling

• Keeps head up
• Dribbles with finger pads
• Dribbles below waist

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Violations

• Traveling
• Three seconds
• Double dribble
• Fouling