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The rules of basketball are the rules and regulations that govern the play, officiating, equipment and procedures of basketball. While many of the basic rules are uniform throughout the world, variations do exist. Most leagues or governing bodies in North America, the most important of which are the National Basketball Association and NCAA ...
James Naismith. James Naismith ( NAY-smith; November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was an American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball. [ 1][ 2][ 3] After moving to the United States, he wrote the original basketball rule book and founded the University of ...
Main basketball variations include: FIBA rules [ 1] NBA rules [ 2] NCAA rules [ 3] Other variations include: Deaf basketball, basketball played by deaf people. Sign language is used to communicate whistle blows and communication between players. Streetball (or street basketball), variation of basketball, typically played on outdoor courts and ...
Sports can teach kids many things — the necessity of practice and commitment, the importance of teamwork, the ability to take direction and remain composed under pressure. Parents, on the other ...
Victor Wembanyama's on-court warmup session before games when he played in France would last for about an hour. It consisted of plenty of stretching, lots of passing and dribbling drills, then a ...
Here are five ways young athletes – as well as their coaches and parents – can get the most out of the postgame handshake line. Our kids' behavior is a reflection of our behavior. Use the ...
Elam Ending. The Elam Ending, also known as final target score, [1] is a rules format for basketball. Unlike traditional basketball rules, in which the game is played with four timed quarters, with the Elam Ending format, teams end the game by playing to a target score. A variation used by the NBA G League implements the Elam Ending in games ...
Midnight basketball. Midnight basketball is an initiative which developed in the 1990s to curb inner-city crime in the United States by keeping urban youth off the streets and engaging them with alternatives to drugs and crime. It was founded by G. Van Standifer in the late 1980s.