3. Basketball Vocabulary
Chest pass Suspension throw
Pase de pecho Lanzamiento en
suspensión
One handed pass Shooting throw
Pase con bote Entrada a canasta
Overhead pass Reception dummy
Pase por encima de Finta de recepción
la cabeza
One handed Passing dummy
baseball pass
Finta de pase
Pase de beisbol
Two footed stop The rebound
Parada en dos Rebote
tiempos
One footed stop The Block
Parada en un tiempo Bloqueo
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4. Basketball Vocabulary
Finta de recepción Bloqueo
Pase con bote Pase de beisbol
Lanzamiento en
Pase por encima de suspensión
la cabeza
Parada en un tiempo Finta de pase
Parada en dos Rebote
tiempos
Pase de pecho
Entrada a canasta
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5. BASKETBALL
1. Introduction .
1. Aim of the game: 2 teams of 5
players attempt to score as many
baskets as possible in a time
match. Substitutes are allowed
during stoppages in play.
2. The court: 15 m x 28 m.
3 point line for NBA: 7.24 m. 3
point line for FIBA: 6.25 m.
3. The basket: is 3.05 hight.
4. The ball: weighs between 600 and 650
grammes.
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6. 5. Match duration: 4 quarters of 10 minutes playing time. In case of a tie, there is a 5
minute overtime period. Play continues until a winner is determined. The clock stops
at each whistle or when one of the two coaches demands a time out.
6. The players:
1. The point guard.
2. The shooting guard.
3. The small forward.
4. The power forward.
5. The center.
7. Scoring Table: Validates referee´s decisions, looks after the clock, time-outs and
fouls. Officials: 1 main referee and 2 assistants.
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7. 2. The game .
1. Advancing the ball: Dribbling.
2. Jump shot. The two most common shots are the set
shot and the jump shot.
3. Slam dunk: in which the player
jumps very high and throws the
ball downward.
4. Double step: Consists of advancing towards the
basket bouncing the ball. After the last bounce,
take two steps.
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8. 5. Screens: This is when you have to be a
barrier between the defender and the
person with the ball, so that your team mate
can try to score without any opposition.
6. Block: Occurs when a defensive player legally
deflects a shot from an offensive player.
7. Rebounds: a missed basket allows for
players to fight the rebound.
Rebounds are classified as offensive
or defensive rebounds depending on
which team wins the rebound.
8. Ball out of bounds: The ball is
out of bounds if it touches the
floor outside the sidelines or is in
the hands of a player who is out
of bounds.
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9. 3. Some rules .
1. Travelling: The player in possession of
the ball cannot take more than 2 steps
after stopping his drible.
2. Double dribble, illegal dribble: The player does
not have the right to stop dribbling and then
drible again.
3. Over and back: Once the
halfway line has been
crossed the attacking team
cannot return to their own
zone with the ball.
4. Offensive foul: If an attacking player pushes a
stationary defender while trying to go past, the
referee whistles an offensive foul on the attacker.
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10. 5. Time regulations: 24 seconds to attempt a basket. 8 seconds to advance the ball into
attacking zone. 5 seconds to dribble, shoot or pass the ball. 3 seconds to leave the key
6. Personal fouls: If a player picks up 5
personal fouls he is exclused from the game
and cannot return.
7. Teaml fouls: If a team picks up 4 fouls
in the same quarter, 2 free throws are
awarded to the opposing team for every
subsequent foul.
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12. Exercises .
1. Draw a basketball court:
2. Some of the sentences are correct, others aren’t. underline the incorrect ones.
1. Each team has 10 players and there are 6 players on the court
2. In each match, there are 4 quarters of 10 minutes
3. You can run without bouncing the ball
4. It is allowed to bounce the ball with two hands at the same time
5. You should catch the ball with your fingertips and not the palm of your hand
6. When there is a defender very close, we can protect the ball with a bounce
7. When you shoot, you can only use one hand
8. The type of defence when each player marks
a player from the other team is called
particular defence
9. The pivoters are usually the tallest players in
the team
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13. 4. Draw a straight line to show the line of the throw.
4. Complete the sentences and find the missing words in the wordsearch! you can find
the words in all directions…including backwards!
El_________es la acción que se
P A S E T N A X T A
utiliza para conseguir una canasta.
I R O I M Q S I C U
Para enviar una pelota a un
compañero utilizamos el_________ V J R S A D A R A P
Los _________ nos permiten girar O O A P A S O S T Y
manteniendo un pie en el suelo. T A S D U T B O Q E
Las_________se pueden realizar en E H F H E B Y E S T
un tiempo o en dos. S S W Y T F S K Ñ O
Antes de pasar la pelota, debemos
P X A Z H Y E M L B
realizar correctamente la
L O A B I S M N O C
_________
El _________ puede ser alto o bajo.
El jugador que domina mejor el bote y que organiza el juego del equipo es el
_________
La _________individual consiste en que cada jugador debe marcar a un jugador
contrario.
Si mueves el pie de pivote cometes _________
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14. 5. Relaciona con una flecha las siguientes columnas:
1. Free shot - 3 points
2. Within 6.25 - time available to pass, throw or bounce
3. Change of hands - play the ball with your legs
4. Feet - one base, two wingers, two pivoters
5. Bounce - chest
6. 5 seconds - 1 point
7. Pass - high and low
8. Outside of 6.25 - in front, over the shoulder …
9. A team - 2 points
6. Explain:
1. Travelling:
2. Double dribble:
3. Over and back:
4. Offensive foul:
7. You already know that in a basketball match (5 x 5) the players specialise in different
positions. Write the main characteristics of each of these positions.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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15. 8. Out of the 3 answers only one of them is correct!
1. Pivoters are important because………………
a. they help the ball to bounce better
b. they can change hands on the rebound
c. they protect the ball when we aren’t bouncing it and they can
find a good position to throw the ball to.
2. What happens if when a player shoots he commits a personal foul but
scores a goal?
a. the points are awarded plus 2 more
b. the points are awarded but the player receives 2 personal fouls
c. the points are awarded plus an extra free throw
3. In a fundamental throw, you must remember that…………
a. the ball should rest in the palm of the hand, not in the fingers
b. the ball should be thrown so that it goes around you
c. the ball should be thrown with both hands
4. How should you defend an attacker who does not have the ball?
a. the defender should be in front of the attacker with open arms, stopping the
advance
b. the defender should form a triangle with himself, the ball and the opponent
c. the defender should form a triangle with himself, the ball and the basket
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16. 9. Do you know the rules? Match the sentences to the words in the box below.
A defender pushes an opponent who is bouncing the ball: _____________
A match lasts: _______________
An attacker has 5 seconds within the restricted area: ______________
A player commits his 5th personal foul_______________
A player stops bouncing the ball, catches it and continues to bounce it:
_____________
A player scores a goal from further than 6.25m: _______________
a player has 6 seconds with the ball in his hands without knowing what to do with it:
_______________
The base of the team has taken 10 seconds to cross the half way line:
_______________.
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21. Homework
1. Busca estos 2 deportistas famosos en la biblioteca o en Internet y añade su biografía
escrita a mano y los premios que haya conseguido. Atrévee a hacerlo en inglés.
Biografía
Palmarés Deportivo
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22. 4 2º Good
(60+100+
( + ESO
(P1+P2+P
(P1+P2+P +
Laps - 200 Results
Points
STREN
80)200
3) - 200
)-
BEFOR
10 ó less Excellent grade
0 4
GTH
2 to 3
E
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Very well
104 to 54,2 Good
12 4,4 Biografía
S
Palmarés Deportivo
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