Mr. Haverstick (PE I)
Basketball Extension Project
Basketball - 25 points
NAME:
HISTORY – Fill in the blanks
The game of basketball was actually developed to help ______athletes during the
winter months. In 1891______, the physical education director at the YMCA
College in Springfield, Massachusetts, introduced the game. The first basketball games were
played with a soccer style ball and______baskets as goals.
LABEL THE 7 BLANKS
GAMEPLAY:
Basketball is considered a team sport. Team work is essential for success. Each team has ______on
the court usually consisting of two ______, two______, and a ______.
An official will start every game with a______. One player from each team will enter the
______and when the official tosses the ball in the air will try to tip it to one of their teammates.
The two most commonly used strategies are man to man and zone defenses. In
______defense each player on the defensive team matches up and guards one player
from the offensive team. An offensive player cannot be inside the land line for longer than ______
seconds.
SKILLS
1) What are THREE things you should do when dribbling?
2) When doing a chest pass extend your arms outward and flip your thumbs downward
(snap wrist upon release of ball) causing ______on the ball.
3) When completing a bounce pass focus on a point on the floor ______of the way
between you and your partner.
4) What are TWO things you should so when making a jump shot?
Basketball Article 25 points - Go to this website - http://tinyurl.com/cc2qs
Using the website above answer the following questions
(5 points each):
1) Basketball was originally played with a ______The first balls made specifically for basketball were brown, and it was only in the late 1950s that______, searching for a ball that would be more visible to players and spectators alike, introduced the orange ball that is now in common use.
2) Dr. James Naismith was instrumental in establishing college basketball. His colleague C.O. Beamis fielded the first college basketball team just a year after the Springfield YMCA game at the suburban ______Geneva College.[8] Naismith himself later coached at the University of ______for six years, before handing the reins to renowned coach Forrest "Phog" Allen.
3) Perhaps the most legendary of high school teams was Indiana's______, which took the nation by storm during the 1920s, dominating Indiana basketball and earning national recognition.
4) In 1891, the______and Miss Head's School played the first women's inter institutional game. Women's basketball began in 1892 at ______when Senda Berenson, a physical education teacher, modified Naismith's rules for women.
5) Label positions