Introduction to Basketball

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Introduction to Basketball

• Lecture 1
• Coach Cory Baldwin

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Terms

• Baseline
• Sideline
• Out-of-bonds
• Free-Throw Line
• Three-point Line
• Half Court
• Free-Throw Line Extended
• Elbow

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More Terms

• Key / Lane
• Block
• Top of the Key
• Point Guard / 1 Guard
• 2 Guard / Shooting Guard / Off Guard / Wing
• Wing / Small Forward / 3 Guard
• Forward / Post / Power Forward / 4 Man
• Center / 5 Man / Power Foward

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Common Rules to Know

• Walking
• Double-Double
• Blocking
• Charging
• Reaching
• Three Seconds
• Illegal Screen
• Technical Foul
• Over the Back

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Rules

• What is a foul?
• When access contact is made from a player to
  another player. Remember it is not a foul unless
  the official calls it a foul. When a foul is
  called the team is awarded free-throws or the
  ball out-of-bounds. There are two types of fouls
  non-shooting fouls and shooting fouls.

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Rules

• Shooting Fouls are when a player is fouled in the
  act of shooting or fouled while his or her team
  is in the bonus or double-bonus.
• Non-Shooting fouls are when a player is fouled
  and he or she is not in the act of shooting nor
  his or her team is in the bonus or double-bonus.
  In this case, the team is awarded the ball on the
  sideline or baseline.

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Rules

• When is a team in the bonus or double-bonus on
  fouls.
• A team is in the bonus when the opposing team has
  7 9 fouls. During this time the team is awarded
  1-1 free throw for all non-shooting fouls.
• Double-Bonus fouls are when the opposing team has
  10 or more fouls. In this situation every fouls
  is a 2 shot foul.

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Rules

• All free-throws are worth 1-point a piece
• Each field goal is worth 2 points, unless it is a
  field goal made behind the 3-point line.
• If a person is fouled and he or she makes the
  basket while the foul is made, basket counts and
  he or she is awarded a free-throw.

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Rules

• How does a player foul out?
• Each player is allowed 5 fouls in a game.
  Technical fouls are counted to the players foul
  count. Once a player receives his or her fifth
  foul he or she is no longer allowed to play in
  that game.