BASKETBALL FROM OTHER POINTS OF

VIEW

By Claudia Arenzana, Ivan Castellanos, Marina Sota and Carla Rangel

WHEELCHAIRBASKETBALL

-HISTORY-The wheelchair basketball began in 1944 invented by Ludwig Guttmann, through a rehabilitation program in a hospital in England.In 1993 the wheelchair basketball wasapproved like a official sport. The first match was played in 1956 in the tourney of Stoke Mandeville. The wheelchair basketball is play in 75 countries.

There are 12 players and the time of a match is four parts of 10 minutes, a rest of 2 minutes between each part an a rest of 15 minutes between the 2º and 3º part.

-RULES-The rules are very similar than the normal basketball. Some rules are:

-The players can’t get out of the chair.-They have eight second to pass to the other part of the field.-If one team have 50 baskets more of the other team, the match finish.-Only in free throws the player can touch with the small wheels the triplet line.-If a part of the player’s wheelchair touch the line out is considerate out.

WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL

FACILITIES

FIELDThe field in WheelchairBasketball is 28 metres long and 15 metres wide. The court is divided intotwo halves. In each halfthere is a basket which is3.05 metres from theground. The diameter of the basket is 45 cm. Theblackboard of the basketis 1.05 metres high and 1.80 metres.

PLAYERS’ EQUIPMENTThe main equipment they need is awheelchair. The height of the sitcan’t be more than 53 cm. Thewheelchair can have 3 or 4 wheels,two big ones located at the backand one or two located at thefront. The maximun diameter ofthe big wheels is 66 cm.

The wheelchair has to have acushion that can’t be more than 10cm high.

.BASKETBALL FOR BLIND PEOPLE.

Steve Garber, Alissa Burkholder and AshannaRandall, three engineers from the JohnsHopkins University, have made possible thatblind people play basketball.

Blind Industries and Services of Maryland havefinanced this proyect.

Thanks to…

The system:

They use electronic wadgets that producesounds. There are some of them in the field (likein the baskets) and obviously in the ball. In thatway, the players

can know where

are they located

and where is the

ball.

THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOT IN BASKETBALL

The important structures of the foot can be divided into several categories. These include:

bones and jointsligaments and tendonsmusclesnervesblood vessels

Many of the problems and injuries in the knees, hips and back that athletes suffer are related with a problem in the feet.

The foot is an incredibly complex mechanism.

We have done an interview to a sports podiatrist to know more about the foot care.

INTERVIEW TO A SPORTS PODIATRY

1. In which consist being a sports podiatrist?It consists in being specialized in pathologies of the foot and injuries resulting from sports.

2. What did you study to become a sports podiatrist?First the podiatry graduate at the University of Madrid and later a master of biomechanics and sports podiatry in Sevilla.

3. Why did you specialize in sports?Because since I was younger I like do sports.

4. Do you receive a certain sport athletes or everything in general? And what ages are most common?Lately I have been receiving a lot of people that play paddle. It is a popular sport because everyone can practice it, the rules are really simple. They also come many runners. The main age is between 40 and 50, some people believe that are still young… Children that play basketball also come with small injuries requiring a biomechanical analysis.

5. What injuries are most common?The most common injuries are fasciitis, heel spurs, tendinitis in the Achilles tendon and metatarsalgia.

6. Do you think that athletes take care of these feet properly?A few years ago little was known of foot care, but now it is more valued and athletes have realized that it is the support structure on which all movements are exercised.

7. What suggestions do you recommend us to prevent sports injuries?I recommend a good warm up before sports, and stretching after a sport activity. Adequate footwear to sports surface is also essential.

8. What treatments do you do?My treatments are mainly based on custom templates, i.e. to size for each athlete, so that correct excessive or negative movements made by their feet. I also offer stretching, rehabilitation or bandages.

9. How is a template made?First a mold with phenol foam is made to collect the foot shape of the athlete, then it is filled with gypsum to obtain a negative foot and finally materials are heated to make the template in an oven, and they are shaped with the gypsum mold. Then the template is shaped on the polisher and lining.

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A biomechanical analysis of a basketball team

Basketball as a social, cultural and educative phenomenon

Basketball helps the people to know how to playin teams and how to get a common objective. Itmakes the players to put the success of theteam before his or her own success. Forexample if one player can shoot a triple but hedecides to pass the ball to a mate that canshoot, too.

Learn to work in teams and to share is important for the education of children.

Some fashion in basketball

They born in 1908 as a footwear for the basketball players.

1st announcement of Converse shoes

Nowadays there area lot of colours andall people wearthem.

We hope you like it!Thanks