Saturday, February 23, 2008

BASKETBALL...


Nowadays, basketball becomes one of the most popular sports in the world. According to wikipedia dictionary online, basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m) high hoop (the goal) under organized rules. To win this game, the players can get points by shooting the ball into the basket from above. Basketball has developed to involve common techniques such as shooting, rebounding, passing, dribbling and blocking. The player’s positions are also evolved as part of basketball. There are point and shooting guard, small and power forward, and center player, which have a role in an offensive or defensive zone. The player’s position can be flexible depend on the coach’s strategy, whether it is offensive or defensive strategy. Beside all the complicated common techniques and player’s positions, basketball is still widely viewed sports in the world.

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