KNSFHP 1144.01  (1 credit)

Description:

 

Prerequisites:

• None

Equipment (students must purchase for class):

• None

What you will learn:

• Passing
• Shooting various shots
• Rebounding
• Dribbling
• Defensive skills
• Rules and regulations
• Terminology
• Offensive/defensive strategies
• Understand officiating techniques

What to expect:

• Drills to practice skills
• Game play
• Class tournaments

Potential Benefits:

• Aerobic endurance – elevates heart rate and burns calories
• Hand-eye coordination
• Full-body coordination
• Muscle strengthening
• Observation skills
• Mental development
• Play as an ongoing form of exercise – intramural, leagues, pickup games, etc.
• Cooperation and team work

Fun Facts:

• James Naismith, a teacher at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, is credited with inventing basketball in 1891.
• The first “hoops” were actually just peach baskets and the first backboards were made of wire.
• The first backboards were made of wire.
• The game became an official Olympic event at the Summer Games in Berlin, Germany in 1936.
• Two leagues called the National Basketball League (NBL) and the Basketball Association of America (BAA) merged after the 1948-49 season to become today’s National Basketball Association (NBA).

Sources:               http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0771582.html

http://www.best-basketball-tips.com/basketball-fun-facts.html