Basketball is played with the help of different skills and techniques like stance, footwork, ball holding and handling, dribbling, passing-receiving, shooting and rebounding.
Few are mentioned here.
Dribbling
It is important to move the ball across the court, get away from defensive players, make or find a good passing line, make use of faking action, 1 on 1 and of course to penetrate the ball to score the goal. There are different types of dribbling which may be learnt and developed with the help of different drills in stationary and moving positions with or without the defensive player.
Dribbling
- Stationary dribble
- Low dribble
- High dribble
- Change of pace dribble
- Crossover dribble
- Behind the back dribble
- Between the legs dribble
- Speed dribble
- Reverse spin dribble
Passing and Receiving
A good offensive attack requires accurate passing and receiving. It helps to speed the ball, find an open man, to find a good shooter or to get away the ball from the defender. Fake and feint are used to increase the quality of passing. There are different types of passing using one or both hands during different stationary and moving group and team drills.
- Chest pass
- Overhead pass
- Push pass
- Bounce pass
- Shoulder pass
- Hook pass
- Off the dribble pass
- Baseball pass
Passing and receiving
Shooting
The objective of the game is to win by scoring maximum points. Therefore, improving the team’s shooting is important to win a game.
Shooting by either one or both hands may be done in the following ways:
- Jump Shot
- Dunk Shot
- Free Throw
- Layup
- Three point shot
Shooting
Rebounding
The objective of rebounding is to successfully gain possession of the basketball after a missed field goal or free throw, as it rebounds from the ring or backboard. This plays a major role in the game, as most possessions end when a team misses a shot. There are two categories of rebound—offensive rebound, in which the ball is recovered by the offensive side and does not change possession, and defensive rebound, in which the defending team gains possession of the loose ball. The majority of rebound is defensive, as the team on defence tend to be better positioned to recover the missed shots.
Rebounding
Defence
The game of basketball allows a variety of defences to be deployed in an effort to disrupt and combat the offensive plays. Here are examples of the three basic categories of team defence. In addition, each category consists of an assortment of different variations.
1. Man to man defence: Man to man defence is usually assigned to be matched up with the defenders against specific offensive players. Defenders are usually assigned to be matched up with the offensive players by size and ability.
2. Zone Defence: In zone defence, defenders are assigned to guard specific areas on the court. Zones are named or designated by their player alignments.
Zone defence
3. Combined Defence: The third type of defence that can be deployed is the combination defence. With combination defence, some of the players are assigned to play man to man while the rest of the defenders play zone defence. Combination defences are usually deployed in an effort to stop or neutralise great individual offensive players.
Awards in Basketball
To motivate the extraordinary achievements of the player and coaches, the Government of India honours players with different awards along with cash prizes and certificates.
Prasanthi Singh was honoured with Arjuna Award in 2017 and she is the first basketball player who received the prestigious civilian award Padma Shri in 2018.
Famous Indian Basketball Players
Paramjeet Singh, Sarabjit Singh, Vishesh Bhriguwanshi, Tridep Rai, Suman Sharma, Divya Singh, Anitha, I.V. Chairian, Satnaam Singh, Jagdeep Singh, Gurvinder Singh, and Shri Khusi Ram.
