Basketball is one of the world's most loved sports. Thousands of people gather from all over the world to watch it. The National Basketball Association or NBA is the whole reason people are able to play the sport professionally. Although the NBA is a huge company now it wasn’t always like this. Before the NBA there was the Basketball Association of America. (BAA) Many of the rules the NBA has today didn’t exist back then.
It all goes back to 1946 November 1st Toronto Canada. 7,040 people showed up to the first professional basketball game. The New York Knicks against the Toronto Raptors at Toronto’s sky dome. It was strange for Canadians because many of them were fans of hockey. People decided to go with something completely different and
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In the BAA teams had unlimited time to shoot the basketball, in today’s NBA teams only have 24 seconds to shoot the basketball. Teams who player’s committed consecutive fouls would’ve gave a point to the opposing team, now when players commit fouls either the other team gets the ball, two free throws, or a player that has committed 6 fouls will get ejected from the game. A free throw is when a player that has been fouled takes either 1, 2, or 3 shots without any defenders trying to block him/her. Many players and coaches didn’t believe in jumping they thought “nothing good would come when player’s feet left the ground.” Basketball games were longer two each quarter was 12 minutes, now every quarter is 10 minutes not including timeouts or foul calls. (www.nba.com by Sam Goldaper …show more content…
There are three different spots on the court, where players can shoot from. There is the 2 point area, 3 point line, and the free throw line. The 3 point line is 23 feet and 9 inches away from the hoop. The two point line is anywhere in front of the 3 point line. 2 pointers can be anywhere from just under 23 feet to a couple inches away from the hoop. The free throw line is 15 feet away from the basketball hoop. Free throws are only given to players who are fouled, a player gets a free shot without any defenders guarding him. If a player is fouled while taking a shot behind the 3 point line that player will get 3 free throws. If a player is fouled in front of the 3 point line that player will receive 2 free throws. If a player is fouled while taking a shot and he makes it that player will only receive 1 free
But back to smaller concepts, marketing in the 1960’s the NBA was not that known due to its small scope. It was beginning to be televised and so it started to reach more people through that medium. Then we start to see how ideas are used to market the league better. There is an entertainment value aspect to it; we started to see the players on cereal boxes as a form of advertisement. In the 1970’s we start to see more competitive balance then in the
We do have memories to recall from our past – good and bad. From these memories brings a part of who we are in a diverse nation and a lesson that changes our lives forever. This is evident to Regelio Gomez' article entitled “Foul Shots”, that shares his memorable experience in playing basketball during his teenage years as both being his ghost and his teacher for almost 2 decades. His narration is a consequence of anyone who describes winning in the name of game or losing in the name of race.
The NBA has a twenty four second shot clock with eight seconds to cross the half court line. The NCAA has a thirty five second shot clock with ten seconds to cross the half court line. This is one of several reasons for why you see such a wide variety of scoring in NCAA
Created by Jim Naismith in 1891, the game of basketball has grown into something no one ever thought it could be. The sport today is worshipped by millions of people across the globe. Professionals call those millions who love and watch it fans. Fans buy their favorite team’s shoes, clothes, balls, and sometimes even cars. Millions of fans talk about their teams on social media, rant on message boards, and talk smack to each other on their phones. The National Basketball Association has taken over tons of people’s lives, and not just the players and coaches.
The NBA today has some of the best players in the world. It is the most popular basketball league in the entire world. The teams are stacked with talent throughout the entire league. The talent has increased tremendously since past years. Throughout the NBA’s history there has been some great teams. Arguably, there hasn’t been a team better than the 95-96 Bulls.
There are five players that will start out in the game which are called your starters. You always have five players in the game at all time. The are what are called fouls in basketball. Fouls can hurt you if you're down in the game with very few time left. Here are some examples of fouls, technical foul, personal foul, and a charging foul. Here are some other ruler that you can’t do that are not fouls, travel, double dribble, three second violation, and a five second violation. The object in basketball is to get as many points into the basketball hoop. You can get a three or a two pointer. There are many ruler and ways to teach the game of
James Naismith or the founder of the game we all love, started it all with just two peach baskets and a soccer ball. Dr. James A. Naismith was a P.E. instructor who wanted to develop a game that would work on wooden floors and an enclosed space. Naismith was inspired by a game called duck-on-a-rock, the objective of the game was to throw a small rock at a “duck” placed on top of a large rock in an attempt to knock the “duck” off. After much thought and deliberation over the name and rules, the game of basketball was born in 1891. Dr. Naismith then went on to write a rulebook consisting of 13 rules and regulations to bring further structure to the game. These rules are still the foundation of the game of basketball we know today. After hearing of the new game of Basketball, the University of Kansas hired Dr. Naismith to launch the first ever basketball program.
Perhaps no sport was more influenced by the advent of television than professional basketball. From the earliest days of television, NBA officials realized the power of the medium and they realized that any chances they had for success were directly linked to their survival on television. Players and coaches alike were concerned with the way their game was presented on television, even during the league 's first decade on television. This made it clear that everyone in the NBA knew that league success was directly related to television. NBA officials also knew that in order to appeal to viewers, they would have to implement rules that would make the NBA product more viewer-friendly. In the early 1950s, the NBA suffered from the perception that it was a slow-paced game. This was due to the fact that in those days, if a team had the lead into the fourth quarter, it would "freeze the ball" and turn the game into a tedious foul-shooting exhibition. This style of play threatened the NBA 's survival
The game of basketball, credited to Dr. James Naismith, began in Massachusetts, but what about
A big part of what most people will notice right away if they watch NBA and College basketball is the officiating. In the NBA as soon as a team reaches 5 fouls for that quarter the opposing team gets two foul shots for every foul after that whether it’s a shooting or on the floor foul. Until the next quarter then the team fouls reset but not personal fouls. This is much simpler than how College basketball fouls work. Since instead of quarts college basketball has halves. So, in each half as soon as one team reaches 7 team fouls the opposing team gets 1 fouls shot for every foul from there on out. This happens until the team is to reach 10 team fouls, from this point on the opposing team gets 2 fouls shot for every foul. Once a half is over then the team' fouls reset back to zero. The biggest difference most people will notice is the fact that in the NBA a player can get up to 6 personal fouls until they are fouled out of the game. This is a big difference than in College because in College a player only gets 5
First of all, the NBA was not popular in the early years, but that has change since. The NBA was created in 1946, meaning it has been around for over seventy years. Any NBA fan knows that in the early years, there was no shock clock, no three-point line, and goal tending was permitted.With no shock clock, the game was slow paced, the players
In basketball you can drive all the way down the court and score a layup for two points. If you so happen to get fouled on a make then, you can go to the free throw line for a chance at one more point. Now for the big points. If you make a three-pointer, then it’s kind of obvious that you get three points. If you get fouled on a three-point shot, then you can go to the free-throw line for two more points.
The first description of a shot was described earlier as simply a shot but more specifically can be referenced to a jump shot. The second way to look at shooting the basketball using physics is referred to as a layup. The difference between the two is that a jump shot has little or no horizontal movement toward the basket. Instead the jump shot relies strictly on vertical movement. Specifically the shooter will be stopped and jump using two feet straight up and down vertically and push the basketball off the finger tips to obtain the force and angle to get the ball to the basket. The layup on the other hand is done by the shooter jumping off of one foot while running. The shooter jumps vertically and uses the momentum from running to propel horizontally toward the basket. The shooter is generally closer to the basket while shooting a layup versus a jump shot. The same physics that were applied to the jump shot are applied to the layup as well. There is still an angle and force that the ball would need to travel toward the basket but since the shooter is moving horizontally toward the basket velocity will play more of factor. Since the balls velocity is the sum of the shooters speed and the balls speed the ball does not need as much force to get to the basket but it is more or less just let go of or dropped off into the basket. This also explains the slam dunk. Instead of dropping the ball into
But, ones you hold back the ball you have only 2 choices which are passing or shooting. When you hold the ball, you cannot travel more than 2 steps, which mean 3 steps and above. Points in basketball consist of 3 types that are 3 points, 2 point and 1 point. The recommended attire when playing basketball are sport shoes, three-quarter pants and sleeveless shirt.
Ever since its inception, basketball has been a difficult sport to quantify compared to others, other than baskets and assists. This is because, unlike a sport such as baseball or football, there are no individual sequences (such as a pitcher throwing a strike, or a running back scoring a touchdown). Instead, basketball revolves around constant flow and ball movement, with play never stopping unless the ball falls out of bounds or a foul is committed. In addition, the rapid movement of the ball ricocheting off players and the basket has made movement difficult to track. One of the most difficult to track has been the probability of a rebound after a missed shot. A rebound occurs when a player shoots, misses,