BY: AMBERLY YOUNG

Sports Communication

Introduction

Sports communication is very important in a game, especially in a basketball game. Without communication each team wouldn’t know what play to run, what defense to run, who to pass the ball to, or even who to sub in the game. Therefore, I will discuss communication as far as offense, defense, subing teamates, coaching, and any extra skills needed in communicating in a basketball game.

Practice

Before you even think of playing in a game you have to have practice, practice defense, offense, offensive plays that you are going to use in order to score points, defensive plays that you use to prevent the opposing team from scoring, out of bounds plays, basketball drills such as ball handling, practicing your form so you can be precise at shooting, shooting freethrows, excercising, and even meditating.

Basic Information

Now here is some basic information in a regular game of high school basketball. Both teams are made up of an average of 15 players on a team and 5 players can be on the floor; the positions that are played in basketball is the point guard, two wings, then you have the two posts, a high post and a low post; there is a head coach and an assistant coach; there are two referees in a game; there are four quarters in a game with 12 minutes on each quarter; there is half time where each team gets thirty minutes to talk about strengths and weaknesses they need to work on for the second half; there maybe be overtime that’s when both teams are tied and they get 5 minutes to play after that if the team is still tied they go into a second overtime until one of the teams win then it’s official, at the end of the game the teams line up and shake hands and you usually get the opportunity to play the opponent twice during the season. The game of basketball is a mental, physical, emotional, and social game. It’s a matter of who wants to win the most.

Offense

When beginning the game of basketball you need to determine which team is offense or defense in doing that usually the tallest from each team stands in the center of the basketball court and the referee throws the ball up in the air and the player that gets the ball and passes it to their side that determines who is offense and defense.

First we will talk about the offense team. The offense team is the team that has control of the ball. Usually when coming up the floor the point guard will call out a play to use so that the team is able to score, now if the play don’t work and a player gets fouled the offensive team has to set up an out of bounds play where the team either sets it up to try to shoot and score or sets it up to get the ball in before your 5 seconds is up, if you don’t get the ball in by 5 seconds the ball goes to the opposing team. Now if the player is in motion to shoot and he/she gets fouled they get the opportunity to shoot 2 shots at the freethrow line, now if you shoot outside the 3 point line you get three chances to shoot.

Defense

Next I will talk to you about being on defense. The defensive team is the team that wasn’t able to get the ball at the beginning of the game so their job is to defend the basket and prevent the offense from scoring, you can do that by setting up different defenses such as man to man or 2-3 zone. Man to man defense is where you are up against an offensive player pressuring them to give up the ball now you have the opportunity to steal it and score but you can slap them or that’s considered a foul. 2-3 zone is where you have two players up by the freethrow line and 3 players at the bottom near the baseline by the basket, usually a coach will do this when the team is having too much foul trouble, or he/she may do to just mix the defenses up a little bit.

DefinitionsHere are some basic definitions:

Coach- is the leader that influences the team throughout the game

Referee- is a person who watches each team for any violations

Point Guard- the one who usually handles the ball and brings it up the floor and sets up the play

Wing(s) - on each side of the guard around the three point line they usually have the potential to shoot threes or help out the point guard if he/she is having trouble

High Post- the high post usually is up by the freethrow line working his/ her way from side to side to get the ball so he/she can make a move and score

Low Post- usually the coach puts the tallest person down on the low post so he/she can post up and bust a move to score closer to the basket

Travel- when a player runs with the ball without dribbling

Over and back- when a player goes over half court and goes back

Double Dribble- when a player dribbles picks up the ball and dribbles again

Three second violation- when players are in the freethrow lane for more than 3 seconds

Five second violation- when the offensive team can’t get the ball in before 5 second is up

Ten second violation- when the offensive team doesn’t bring the ball up over the half court line before 10 seconds is up

Steal- when the defensive player steals the ball and makes an attempt to score

Charge- where the defensive player’s feet is plated on the ground and the offensive player runs into he/she with the ball it automatically the defenses ball

Foul- when the defensive team tries to hack, slap or use his/ her body to prevent the offensive team from either scoring or moving around

Freethrows- a player shoots at the twelve foot line when he/she gets fouled

Three point line- a player that has the ability to shoot at the fifteen foot line and can receive three points

Technical foul- when the referee gives that foul to the coach for being lippy or even to a player for disorderly conduct and the opposing team gets the oportunity to shoot a freethrow.

Timeout- when the coach or player calls a 30 second or 1 minute time out so the team can regroup to set up a play or even give mental support

Conclusion

In conclusion I have just told you about the game of basketball; player positions, coaches, offense, defense, basic definitions, and rules and regulations of the game, without communication basketball would be a mess, I hope you learned more now than you did before.

References

References:

http://finarticle.com/p/articles/mimOFIH/is n10 v65/ai n18606823

www.google.com/basketball/communication

Amberly Young- I have had history in basketball I played it from ages of 8 to 17 I understand the concept, rules and regulations of the game.

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