Basketball History and Evolution

A pass that directly leads to a made basket.

Touching the ball before it reaches the hoop, preventing a made basket.

A foul committed when a player illegally impedes an offensive player with their body.

Using your body to prevent an opponent from grabbing a rebound.

A personal foul committed when an offensive player runs into a stationary defensive player.

The team that does not have possession of the ball.

Bouncing the ball repeatedly off the floor without picking it up.

A shot where a player jumps and throws the ball through the hoop from close range.

The game of basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith, a physical education instructor at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Naismith created basketball as a less injury-prone alternative to football, keeping players active indoors during winter.

The first basketball games used peach baskets nailed to balconies, ten feet high.

The game of Basketball was initially played with a soccer ball.

The first official basketballs were manufactured in 1894 by a bicycle manufacturing company.

Spalding became the official ball maker in the late 1890s.

The initial brown leather basketballs were hard to dribble due to their shape and laces.

In 1929, basketballs were redesigned to be more bouncy with concealed laces, improving dribbling.

An attempt to throw the ball into the hoop.

The semi-circle surrounding the key. Shots made from beyond this line count for three points.

A violation for moving without dribbling the ball.

When a team loses possession of the ball.

A pass thrown from the chest by gripping the ball on the sides with thumbs behind it. Fingers rotate behind the ball and thumbs turn down.

A pass thrown so that it hits the ground once before reaching another player.

A pass thrown over the head using two hands, similar to a baseball pitch.

A shot made by leaping from below and using one hand to bounce the ball off the backboard.

The area on a basketball court, within a 15-foot radius from the center of the basket, where offensive players cannot remain for more than three seconds.

A player holding the ball for longer than five seconds when closely guarded within one meter must pass, shoot, or dribble.

The team must dribble or pass the ball into the frontcourt within eight seconds after gaining possession.

A shot for a field goal must be attempted within 24 seconds.

An illegal contact with an opposing player, regardless of the ball's status.

The player who directs the offense and sets up plays for the team.

The player known for scoring from outside the paint, often with long-range shots.

A versatile player who scores, defends, and can do a bit of everything

A personal foul committed when a player makes contact with an opposing player, restricting their freedom of movement.

An illegal move where a player attempts to prevent an opposing player from reaching a desired position on the court by standing in their way.

A personal foul committed when a player pushes or attempts to move an opposing player, regardless of whether the opposing player has control of the ball.

A violation occurs when a player in control of the ball in their front court causes the ball to return to their backcourt.

A violation that occurs during a shot attempt when a defensive player touches the ball or the basket while it's in the basket, or reaches through from below and touches the ball.