BASKETBALL
Nature, Background and History of
Basketball
Identify which sports is appropriate for each of
the skills given. Write the corresponding team
sports on your note book.
BASKETBALL BASEBALL SOFTBALL
1. Dribble 6. Pitch 11. Strike
12. 3-Second
2. Chest Pass 7. Shoot
Violation
3. Bounce Pass 8. Free Throw 13. Home Base
4. Assist 9. Inning 14. Bunt
5. Bat or Batting 10. Home Run 15. Short Stop
Nature and Background of Basketball
• Is a team sports
• Two teams of five players play
• The most popular sports
• A field goal scores 2 points closing to the
basket and 3 points behind the 3 point line.
• The team with the most points at the end
of the game wins, additional time (5 mins.)
overtime may be issued when the game
ends with a draw.
Nature and Background of Basketball
• Basketball skills ( dribbling, passing,
shooting, rebounding and running)
• Various violation of basketball (foul,
travelling, double dribble, 3 sec.
violation, 8 secs. backcourt violation)
• Player position (point guard, shooting
guard, small forward, power forward,
and center)
History of Basketball
• History of Basketball.mp4
• James Naismith the Invention of Basketball.mp4
History of Basketball
Who:: James Naismith a
Canadian clergyman,
educator, and physician
When: It was invented in
December 1891
Where: YMCA in
Springfield, Massachusetts
How: At the request of his
superior, Dr. Luther H.
Gulick
History of Basketball
What: The game
involved elements of
American football,
soccer, and hockey,
and the first ball used
was a soccer ball.
History of Basketball
What: Teams had nine
players, and the goals
were wooden peach
baskets affixed to the
walls.
History of Basketball
What: By 1897-1898,
teams of five became
standard. The game
rapidly spread
nationwide and to
Canada and other
parts of the world,
played by both women
and men.
History of Basketball
What: It also became
a popular informal
outdoor game. U.S.
servicemen in World
War II (1939-1945)
popularized the sport
in many other
countries.
History of Basketball
What: A number of
U.S. colleges adopted
the game between
about 1893 and 1895.
In 1934 the first
college games were
staged in New York
City's Madison Square
Garden.
History of Basketball
What: College
basketball began to
attract heightened
interest. By the 1950s
basketball had become a
major college sport, thus
paving the way for a
growth of interest in
professional basketball.
History of Basketball
What: The first pro
league, the National
Basketball League, was
formed in 1898 to
protect players from
exploitation and to
promote a less rough
game.
History of Basketball
What: This league only
lasted five years before
disbanding; its demise
spawned a number of
loosely organized leagues
throughout the
northeastern United States.
One of the first and
greatest pro teams was the
Original Celtics, organized
about 1915 in New York
City.
History of Basketball
What: They played as
many as 150 games a
season and dominated
basketball until 1936.
The Harlem
Globetrotters, founded
in 1927, a notable
exhibition team,
specializes in amusing
court antics and expert
ball handling.
History of Basketball
What: In 1949 two
subsequent professional
leagues, the National
Basketball League
(formed in 1937) and
the Basketball
Association of America
(1946) merged to create
the National Basketball
Association (NBA).
History of Basketball
What: The Boston
Celtics, led by their
center Bill Russell,
dominated the NBA
from the late 1950s
through the 1960s. By
the 1960s, pro teams
from coast to coast
played before crowds of
many millions annually.
History of Basketball
What:. Wilt
Chamberlain, a center
for the Los Angeles
Lakers, was another
leading player during
the era, and his battles
with Russell were
eagerly anticipated.
History of Basketball
What: Kareem Abdul-
Jabbar, also a center,
came to prominence
during the 1970s. Jabbar
perfected his famed "sky
hook" shot while playing
for the Los Angeles
Lakers and dominated
the opposition.
History of Basketball
What: The NBA
suffered a drop in
popularity during the
late 1970s, but was
resuscitated,
principally through the
growing popularity of
its most prominent
players.
History of Basketball
What: Larry Bird of the
Boston Celtics, and
Magic Johnson of the
Los Angeles Lakers are
credited with injecting
excitement into the
league in the 1980s
through their superior
skills and decade-long
rivalry.
History of Basketball
What: During the late
1980s Michael Jordan
of the Chicago Bulls
rose to stardom and
helped the Bulls
dominate the NBA
during the early 1990s.
History of Basketball
What: A new
generation of basketball
stars, including Shaquille
O'Neal of the Orlando
Magic and Larry Johnson
of the Charlotte
Hornets, have sustained
the NBA's growth in
popularity.
Quiz # 1: Match column A to column B
Column A Column B
1. Invented Basketball A. Abdul Jabbar
2. Prominent player of Boston B. Dr. Luther Gulick
Celtics C. Soccer ball
3. Basketball ball D. 1898
4. Year was invented basketball E. NBL
5. Skyhook shoot F. Larry Bird
G. Magic Johnson
6. He dominates Chicago Bulls
H. 1891
7. Center of Boston Celtics
I. Bill Russel
8. Prominent player of L.A Lakers J. Michael Jordan
9. National Basketball League K. NBA
10. First pro leagues
