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definition of basketball

Basketball It's one of the world's most popular team sports in which two teams, made up of five players each, face off, either on a covered or uncovered court, circulating a ball to finally introduce it into a basket, goal, or basket, which is placed at about 3.05 m . ground.

For this matter is that basketball is a sport that is mostly reserved for players who have great height. Each time a player dunks the ball into the basket, he scores points for his team that can be double or triple, depending on the position from which the player throws the ball.

It should be noted that the name of basketball is more popular in countries such as Spain and Venezuela, while in many countries of South America and in Mexico it is called as basketball or basketball.

Basketball matches last four periods of between ten and twelve minutes each, while the players are placed in different positions to practice it, such as: base (this type of player is in charge of creating the team's game), shooting guard (It is characterized by being a position that is occupied by a rather short but very agile player with a good shot), eaves (It is the player engaged in the counterattack, for example, the place is occupied by the most effective shooters), power forward (It has a deployment in which the physical predominates, assists the pivot in some way, slowing down the opposite advance) and pivot (This position is occupied by the tallest and strongest players because it moves close to the rim).

The origin of the sport dates back to the end of the 19th century, more precisely to the year 1891, in which the Canadian professor of physical education, James Naismith, introduced it in the Springfield Christian Youth Association, United States. Naismith devised the practice with the intention of generating physical activity while the winter lasted and that it could be played indoors, since winter in those parts was very harsh.

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