Ace McCloud - Basketball: Basketball Made Easy: Beginner and Expert Strategies For Becoming A Better Basketball Player

Basketball

Basketball Made Easy

Beginner and Expert Strategies For Becoming A Better Basketball Player

By Ace McCloud

Copyright 2015

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Basketball is an amazing sport. Internationally recognized, the game is enjoyed by all ages all around the world. The object of basketball is for players to score points against each others team by getting the ball into the hoop on the other teams end of the court.

The game was originally created in 1891 by a pastor in training named Jim Naismith. Naismith was assigned to teach a physical education class at the YMCA and was tasked with inventing a new indoor game to occupy a group of restless young men during the winter months. He quickly came up with a game plan that involved a simple set of thirteen rules. While todays basket is in reality a short net hung from a metal hoop, the game was first played using peach baskets, one at each end of a gymnasium, tied up to a bottom rung of a balcony. Naismiths invention was an immediate hit; basketball, as it was dubbed from the start, quickly spread from YMCA to YMCA across the country.

The concept soon was adopted by colleges, where players formed leagues. The game grew in popularity around the world to the point where it was declared an Olympic sport in 1936. The first professional game was played in 1898, but teams arose and folded for decades before stabilizing somewhat with the establishment of the National Basketball Association in 1945.

Basketball is an exciting and dynamic game. Unlike American football, the players adopt offensive and defensive roles as needed. The game is very easy to learn and practice. All you need is a ball and a hoop.

The sport has known many influential players throughout the years such as Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LeBron James, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird and many more. These players have brought increasing levels of speed and skill to the game, adding to its excitement and inspiring generations of younger players.

With enough practice, dedication, and motivation, you too can give yourself a fair shot at becoming a great player. This book contains proven steps and strategies to help you become a better basketball player. Beginners will discover valuable information, including the basic rules of the game, the types of players and their positions, the required gear, and essential basketball terminology. After familiarizing yourself with the game, you will move on and join the more experienced players in discovering the best advanced techniques for becoming a better basketball player.

Stretching and warm-up techniques to prepare yourself for practices, workouts and competitions.

The bulk of this book contains some of some of the best tips and strategies to strengthen your physical abilities and sharpen your technical skills. Here you will discover some of the best strength and agility training exercises that will help you build your power, endurance, and explosiveness on the court. You will also learn proper warmup and stretching routines that will help you perform better and lessen your chances of injury. Then you will discover some top-rated diet and nutritional tips to help you keep your body energized and performing at its peak. Finally, you will discover some top mental techniques and psychological strategies that will supplement your physical prowess to make you into a powerful, smart and well-rounded athlete!

H ow the Game Works

Basketball is a fast-paced, dynamic sport that requires close teamwork. Each team has five players on the court at any given time. A basket is suspended ten feet above ground at each end of the playing court. Each team is assigned a basket to guard against its opponents.

The object of the game is for the team members to work together to move the ball down the court and into their opponents basket. Depending on a players distance from the basket, sinking the ball through the hoop is worth either two or three points. After one team has made a basket, the ball is turned over to the opposing team.

Each game is divided into four quarters, the length of which depends on the level of play. Professional quarters last twelve minutes. College games have ten-minute quarters and in high school the quarters are eight minutes long

After the second quarter, the teams take a halftime break. Following halftime, the teams switch sides on the court. If, at the end of the fourth quarter, the score is tied, the game will run into overtime play, which lasts until the tie is broken by the end of a set amount of time.

Dribbling Around

When a team is in possession of the ball they are playing offensively. As I mentioned before, the objective of these players is to move the ball down-court and toss the ball into the other teams basket.

There are two ways to move the ball down-court: passing and dribbling. Passing sounds simple enough, but keep in mind that the other team is going to be trying to prevent you from tossing the ball to your teammates. They may even try to strip the ball out of your hands and steal it for themselves. What may seem a simple lob to a teammate can turn into a complicated task when everybody else on the court is presenting either a moving target (your teammates) or a possible interception (the opposing players).

If you dont have the ball in your hands, you are pretty much free to move about the court, with only a few restrictions. However, once you get the ball, your movement becomes highly restricted. If you want to move about with the ball, you are required to dribble.

Dribbling is an odd sort of dance where you must bounce the ball between your hand and the floor repeatedly as you move about the court. You may never take more than one and a half steps between ball bounces. If you do, you will incur a penalty called travelling and the ball will be given to the opposing team.

Your objective while you dribble is to maneuver yourself and let your teammates maneuver themselves into position so you can either take a shot at the basket, or pass the ball to another player.

Dribbling is an art in itself. Skilled dribblers can outmaneuver their opponents with a combination of well-timed footwork and body language that fakes out the other team. Even though you are not allowed to touch the ball with both hands while dribbling, you can bounce the ball from one hand to the other to allow you to quickly change direction or get the ball away from opponents who are in a position to steal the ball.