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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication
Burns,Brian.
Basketball step-by-step / Brian Burns and Mark Dunning. p.cm.(Skills in motion)
Includes index.
ISBN-13:978-1-4358-3360-9 (library binding) 1.Basketball I.Dunning,Mark.II.Title. GV885.B87 2010
796.323`2—dc22
2009014417
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All other content copyright © 2009Axis Publishing Limited,London
contents
introduction 4
offensive 18
defensive 76
for more information 92 for further reading 93 index 94
introduction
The popularity of basketball is such that it now enjoys a truly global status, played and watched by an estimated 300 million people.This makes it second only to soccer in terms of level of participation and interest.
As well as grassroots interest at amateur level,most countries now have national federations that organize not only professional leagues for men and
women,but also formal competitive leagues for boys and girls of all ages.
National teams also compete at this global level and club teams contest world championships, as well as championships for European, Asian, African, and Pan American geographical areas.The most famous, wealthy, and hotly contested league in the world is run by the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the United States.
As well as the able-bodied “running” game, there is also a thriving wheelchair game that has its own world championships and other competitions that are run along the same lines as the able-bodied game.
Basketball is also one of the most popular and keenly contested Olympic sports, and the popularity of the original U.S.“Dream Team” in
1992 was a story that has become part of Olympic Games’ legend.
the origins of the game
The game today has inevitably evolved and improved since its inception in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, home now to the Basketball Hall of Fame.The man who created this immediately successful sport was the Canadian Dr. James
Balance, good footwork, and the ability to think and react quickly are prerequisites for basketball.
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