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3. Basketball

Basketball is a group game played in a
rectangular court between two teams
having five players in each team. Both
teams try to insert the ball into the basket

of the opponent team.It is played in four
innings of 10 minutes each. The team
which scores high in the forty minutes time
will win the match. Among the basic skills
of basketball, holding, dribbling, chest pass, underhand pass and overhead pass
have been already practised in the previous classes. We will discuss about bounce
pass and one hand pass here.

Practice of Basketball

a. Bounce Pass

If direct pass is impossible during the play, bounce pass
can be applied. This skill is more useful between two
friends when the players of the opponent team come
to offend and if opponent player are in front of them. In
this skill the ball is bounced on the floor and raised to the height of the hands and
the waist of another friend. It will be difficult for the opponent players to seize the
ball as the ball is passed from the low height level. The players may pass the ball to
the other players of their own group by deceiving the

other players from the opposite group.

Activities

The students should stand face to face keeping 5/6
meters distance in the lines in two groups. First of all,
the front student in the line should be given the ball.
The student who gets the ball should bounce the ball

to the front standing friend and goes back and stands
at the end of the line. This practice should be done
continuously. If the students are unable to use this skill,
the teacher needs to demonstrate them. Bounce pass
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