What I should learn: The equipment used in Basketball to facilitate playing of the game.
Equipment and Facilities in Basketball
Activity 2: ICT Corner
In this activity, you will boost your digital literacy competency skills and enhance your comprehensive skills as you discuss the equipment used in basketball with your partner. This activity will also help you practise your drawing skills.
Watch the video clip about the basketball court. As you watch the video, make a draft diagram of a basketball court and show the:
- Side lines
- Back lines
- Free throw lines
You can use other sources of media such as magazines, books and newspaper articles.
Learning Corner
Learning points for equipment and facilities used in basketball
Basketball is a fast‑paced game played by two opposing teams of 10 players each. However, only five players from each team are allowed into the field of play at any given time. Substitutions replace active players without restriction. The equipment needed for playing basketball are basketball balls, rings or loops, backboards and mounting equipment, nets, uniforms, and mouth guards. If there is not an already existing court, then chalk or another marking tool can be used to draw the lines of the court.
The game is played in 4 quarters, where each quarter lasts for 10 minutes, with a 2 minute break in between the 1st and 2nd quarter and a 15 minute break after the 2nd quarter.
Markings on the Basketball court
What equipment is needed to play basketball?
- Rings or loops
- Uniforms
- Bats
- Goals
- Nets
- Gates
- Balls
- Mouth guards
- Sticks
How many players from one team can be on the field at the same time during a game of basketball?
Playing zones in a basketball court
When a team has possession of the ball, they are said to be 'on the offence'. As they approach the opponent’s court, the defenders will normally apply different types of defence. The movements and arrangements of both the attackers and the defenders is referred to as 'zone playing'.
Zone playing is where a player is given a specific zone to defend as opposed to manning an individual player. It is most common during a free throw and throw‑ins.
Activity 3: Paired task
With your partner, using the figure of the basketball court, describe the possible playing zones in a game of basketball.
Activity 4: Discovery Corner
This activity will help improve your critical thinking and problem‑solving skills as you identify and discuss the playing equipment used in a basketball game.
Learning Corner
The equipment used in basketball include the following items:
- A basketball ball, which is spherical with a rough exterior to allow for easy handling by a player.
- The sizes vary according to the group using the ball.
- There are two types of baskets common in outdoor basketball.
- One is mounted on a board on a wall, and one is free standing on a pole.
- They both have a backboard featuring two types of lines.
- The lines help the player to make an accurate shot at the basket during scoring.
- A ring measures 45 cm in diameter.
- It is mounted on the backboard and acts as a ‘goal’.
- A player is said to have made/scored a shot when the ball passes through the ring successfully.
- The ring is usually 2 cm thick and 15 cm from the board.
- It is placed 304.8 cm from the ground, but can be adjusted for younger players.
Basketball and backboard dimensions
Vocabulary Garden
- Inflatable – Capable of being filled with air.
Activity 5: Practice Corner
This activity will help you develop the value of love as you share the available resources, and the value of responsibility learnt in your Religious Studies as you take care of the equipment. The activity will also help you develop good communication and collaboration skills as you practise zone playing.
In groups, practise how to assume zone positions on a basketball court as shown in figure 1.7.
Activity 6: Games Corner
This activity will help enhance your communication and collaboration skills as you take part in the mini basketball game.
What you need: A hula hoop, basketball balls, and a stopwatch.
Play a mini game of ‘Grab the ball’ for 25 minutes as you appreciate the safe use of the basketball field and equipment during play.
Description
In four teams:
- Each team stands at the four corners of the Basketball court with a hula hoop.
- Place another hula hoop in the middle of the court and fill it with balls.
- The goal is to have a player from each team run to the centre, pick a ball and dribble it back to their corner.
- They then place the ball in the hoop and tag a teammate, who then runs to the centre to do the same.
- If the balls in the centre hoop run out before the time is over, a team can take balls from the other team.
- When the time is over, count the number of balls that each team has.
- The team with more balls in their hoop is the winning team. Remember that this is a friendly competition meant to develop your skills. It is more important to dribble well than to win.
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