Basketball Game, Rules and History.

GBS - Basketball is a ball sport in groups consisting of two teams with each team containing five people. The two teams competed against each other to score points by putting the ball into the opponent's basket as much as possible. This sport is very popular in the United States and people in other parts of the world, such as Southern Europe, Lithuania, to Indonesia.

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Many basketball competitions are held every year, such as the British Basketball League (BBL) in England, the National Basketball Association (NBA) in America, to the Indonesia Basketball League (IBL).

Basketball can be played on an open court (outdoor) or in a closed room (indoor). The international standard for basketball games is four rounds, the time for each round is 10 minutes (4×10 minutes), with a 10 minute break.

However, specifically for the NBA event, it is different. The competition uses a format of 12 minutes per round (4×12 minutes). That's a little review of the sport of basketball. For more details, you can understand the history, regulations and benefits.

History, Rules and Benefits of Playing Basketball

Basketball History

Basketball is a game created by a sports teacher named James Naismith in 1891. At that time, James wanted to make a game that his students could play indoors, especially in winter.

(James Naismith/The New York Times)

However, the basketball that James did was different from what he is now. James just made some basic rules so that many people can accept them. Some of the rules that James applied, among others, each team consists of nine people and there is no dribble technique. So, at that time dribbling was only done by throwing the ball.

Over time, this game continued to grow and began to be called basketball. This game spread in America and continues to grow rapidly until now.

For the Asian region, China became one of the first countries to get to know the sport of basketball, apart from Japan and the Philippines. In the 1920s, Chinese people migrated to Indonesia and indirectly introduced basketball to the sport.

Basic Rules of the game of Basketball

1. This player may throw the ball from any direction, using either or both hands.
2. Players do not run the ball while holding the ball. The ball must be thrown at the point of the player who received the ball.
3. The ball must be held, either in or between the palms.
4. A player is not allowed to tackle an opponent in any way. The act of tackling an opponent can be subject to severe violation sanctions.
5. If a player makes a mistake three times in a row, points will be counted for the opponent's mistake.
6. This point will be obtained if the ball is thrown into the basket.
7. If the ball is thrown out of the playing area, the first player to touch it is entitled to play it first.
8. Game time is four quarters, each of which is 10 minutes long.
9. The team that manages to put the ball into the hoop with the most points is declared the winner.

Basketball Court Size

• Length: 28 meters
• Width: 15 meters
• Center circle diameter: 3.6 meters
• Distance from the three-point line to the hoop: 6.75 meters
• Distance of the basketball hoop line: 1.25 meters

Ring and Pole sizes

• Ring height: 3.05 meters
• Hoop diameter: 45cm
• Ring pole distance to endline: 1 meter
• Reflective board length: 1.8×1.05 meters
• Reflective board mid-square size: 59x45cm
• Distance of the rebound board to the endline: 1.2 meters

Benefits of Playing Basketball

1. Train the muscles of the body. In fact, this sport is able to move all organs of the body intensely.
2. Maintain body resistance. The movements when playing basketball can make the body agile so that it can maintain body resistance.
3. Withholding body immunity. Not only fruits can optimize the body's immune system, but basketball can also do it.
4. Build balance and coordination of the body. Playing basketball is a sport that is carried out between the hands, feet and eyes.
5. Improve motor skills. Every player has to move almost all the limbs, which is the essence of this sport so as to improve motor nerves.
6. Shaping the ideal body. Playing basketball is an activity that is identical to physical exercise, because that's why calories will burn by themselves.
7. The body becomes taller. Not a few basketball athletes have a tall body. That's because the game of basketball can stretch the leg muscles, spine, and leg bones.
8. Lose weight. Basketball sports can burn around 700-750 calories so that excess fat will be lost while playing.
9. Avoid osteoporosis. This is useful because doing running activities can make the bones in the body stronger if done regularly.
10. Improve cardiovascular health. Basketball is a fast game that involves lots of running, dribbling, quick turns, passing, jumping, and throwing the ball into the hoop.

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