Defense Of Playing Basketball

Basketball is my favorite sport and always has been. I love both playing and watching basketball. Basketball is a very engrossing activity. It is an amusing and a straightforward sport to learn. It can lead to hours of entertainment, and enjoyment. Professional NBA games can lead to hours of suspense, and can cause you to sit on the edge of your seat for the whole game. Let’s start off with just the basics of basketball. You can have the five players on the court at one time. This is for both teams and this is to keep the game flowing and even. There are sidelines and baselines; this is the out of bounds. So now that we have this out of the way, let's get started on offense. There are two types of points you can score, the first being three points, and the second being two points. The three point shot is made by shooting the basketball into
The point of playing defense in basketball is to stop the other team from scoring either and two or three pointer. There are two types of defenses, zone, and man. Zone defense is where each player has to guard anyone that comes into a specific part of the basketball court, and do your best to prevent the other player from getting the ball or if they already have the ball prevent them from scoring. The second kind of defense is man; this is when you are assigned to guard a specific player, regardless of where they are on the court. However, when playing defense you have to be very careful not to commit any fouls, especially not shooting fouls. There are two types of fouls, shooting fouls and regular fouls. Shooting fouls happen when you foul a player on another team when they are in the act of shooting. A regular foal is when you push, reach, trip, or cause physical harm to a player, this will result in a thrown in for the other team which will result in the other team getting the ball. Anyway this is just a short way to explain the basic rules and goals of a basketball