Basketball board

Player Positions
 Made of 3 cm thick wood or
Center. Centers are generally your tallest
of a suitable transparent
players. They generally are positioned near
material, such as acrylic or
the basket.
plastic glass. The basketball
board is 180 centimeters
long and 120 centimeters Offensive -- The center's goal is to get open
wide. The board is 275 for a pass and to shoot. They are also
centimeters high from the responsible for blocking defenders, known as
floor surface to the bottom picking or screening, to open other players up
of the board and is 120 for driving to the basket for a goal. Centers
centimeters perpendicular are expected to get some offensive rebounds
to the distance from the and put-backs.
center point of the finish
line of the court. Defensive -- On defense, the center's main
responsibility is to keep opponents from
shooting by blocking shots and passes in the
key area. They also are expected to get a lot
Player Uniforms of rebounds because they're taller.

 Each basketball player from Forward. Your next tallest players will most
each team must wear a likely be your forwards. While a forward may
uniform so that when the be called upon to play under the hoop, they
game takes place, there will may also be required to operate in the wings
be a difference between and corner areas.
teammates and opponents.
Generally, basketball Offensive -- Forwards are responsible to get
uniforms do not have sleeves free for a pass, take outside shots, drive for
on the shirt and the length of goals, and rebound.
the pants is only up to the
knees, all of which aims to Defensive -- Responsibilities include
facilitate the player’s preventing drives to the goal and rebounding.
movement.
Guard. These are potentially your
shortest players and they should be
really good at dribbling fast, seeing the
court, and passing. It is their job to bring
the ball down the court and set up
offensive plays.

Offensive -- Dribbling, passing, and

setting up offensive plays are a guard's
main responsibilities. They also need to
be able to drive to the basket and to
shoot from the perimeter.

Defensive -- On defense, a guard is

responsible for stealing passes,
contesting shots, preventing drives to
the hoop, and for boxing out.
BASKETBALL OFFICIALS Timers
 Timer assists referee in
Referees recording time. Generally, two
 Referees are the main officials of the timers are appointed by the
game. They are the ones who are league. One is official timer who
actually responsible for enforcing operates the game clock and
rules and regulations and calling fouls the other is shot clock operator
and violations. They wear typical who operates 24 second clock.
black and white stripped shirts and Official timer alerts referee
black pants. when each half is going to start
and stops the clock when any
kind of interruption occurs
Lead Referee during a game (fouls, out of
 Lead referee (also known as crew bounds, timeouts etc) while
chief in NBA) is the in charge of the shot clock timer informs referee
game. Normally, all two or three when a player takes 24 or more
referees are independent in terms of seconds to shoot a ball (keeping
making their decisions but in case of a the ball in possession for 24
dispute, it’s the lead referee whose seconds or more is a violation).
verdict is considered final.

Scorers
 Scorer play supportive role in the
game of the basketball. There can
be one or two scorers in a game
depending on the rules of the
league and their job is to write
down the stats relevant to the
game. They keep a running
summary of points scored, notify
field goals and free throws made
and missed. They also record the
fouls called on each player and
informs a referee if sixth fouls is
called against a player (to eject
him from game). Also notes the
timeouts and let the referee
knows if all timeouts have been
used up by a team.
The Rules
 Two teams of five players each Points
try to score by shooting a ball
through a hoop elevated 10 feet
 When a team makes a basket, they
above the ground. score two points and the ball goes
 The game is played on a to the other team.
rectangular floor called the  If a basket, or field goal, is made
court, and there is a hoop at outside of the three-point arc, then
each end. that basket is worth three points. A
 The court is divided into two free throw is worth one point.
main sections by the mid-court  Free throws are awarded to a team
according to some formats
line.
involving the number of fouls
 If the offensive team puts the committed in a half and/or the type
ball into play behind the mid- of foul committed.
court line, it has ten seconds to  Fouling a shooter always results in
get the ball over the mid-court two or three free throws being
line.If it doesn't, then the awarded the shooter, depending
defense gets the ball. upon where he was when he shot. If
 Once the offensive team gets he was beyond the three-point line,
the ball over the mid-court line, then he gets three shots.
 Other types of fouls do not result in
it can no longer have possession
free throws being awarded until a
of the ball in the area behind the certain number have accumulated
midcourt line. If it does, the during a half (called “team fouls”).
defense is awarded the ball.  Once that number is reached, then
the player who was fouled is
 The ball is moved down the awarded a '1-and-1' opportunity. If
court toward the basket by he makes his first free throw, he
passing or dribbling. The team gets to attempt a second. If he
with the ball is called the misses the first shot, the ball is live
offense. The team without the on the rebound.
ball is called the defense.
 The defense tries to steal the
ball, contest shots, deflect
Game
passes, and garner rebounds. Clock

 Each game is divided into sections, and

all levels have two halves.
 In college, each half is twenty minutes
long.
 In high school and below, the halves are
divided into eight (and sometimes, six)
minute quarters. In the pros, quarters
are twelve minutes long.
 There is a gap of several minutes
between halves. Gaps between quarters
are relatively short.
 If the score is tied at the end of
regulation, then overtime periods of
various lengths are played until a winner
emerges.
  28m x 15m
And divided into two by 14
each side.

Court size Free throw line

 28m x 15m
 The free throw line,
And divided into two by 14 marked 4.6m from the
each side. backboard, is the mark at
which a player must stand
when shooting free
Basketball court
throws.
markings
Free throw circle
 Regulation line markings
must be 50mm width in a
contrasting colour to the  The free throw circle is the
playing surface. same size as the centre
circle (3.6m in diameter).
Sidelines
Shooters must stay inside
this circle when taking a
 The outer edge of the
free throw. The circle is
court is denoted by the
also used for jump balls.
sidelines, which run the
length of the court. On a
full-sized court they
measure 28m.
Basketball Equipment

Baseline and endline

Ball
 The terms baseline and  The ball material is made of rubber
endline both refer to the and covered by synthetic leather or
ends of the court running it can be rubber.
behind the goals. Typically  Ball weights are in the range of 600
they measure 15m. The grams to 650 grams.
use of the different terms  The pressure on the ball ranges
depends on the direction a from 4.26 to 4.61 psi and if it is
team is playing. Endline is
bounced from a height of 180 cm to
the term for the end of the
the floor then the ball will bounce to
court which a team is
defending, baseline is the a height of 120 cm to 140 cm (not
attacking end. to exceed 140 cm)

Basketball Ring

Centre circle  The basket consists of a ring

and a net. The rings were
 Used for the opening tip made of hard iron and the
off, the centre circle has diameter of the rings was 45
a 3.6m diameter. centimeters. The ring height
is 305 centimeters from the
Three point line floor surface and is installed
on the surface of the
 The three point lines are basketball board with a
the arcs that mark a range distance of 15 centimeters.
boundary from each hoop. Meanwhile, the net is hung
Scoring from outside this from the ring, with a net
line is worth three points. length of 40 centimeters.
The distance of the line
will vary depending on the
level of game, but is
typically 6.75m from the
basket.