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8.3 Basketball
Basketball is a game played in groups. Agility, speed and endurance
are required to play this game. This game engages children's hand and
eye coordination, and provides entertainment. Now we will practise
the skills of basketball game along with their information.

A. Ball Catching ancl Passing

There are different ways of passing in basketball. Now practice chest
pass, push pass, bounce pass and overhead pass among those skills.

a. Chest Pass
As in the picture, practise the throwing the ball from the chest towards
the team1nates by extending the arms out and using both hands. This
type of passing the ball is known as chest pass. This technique is
useful to pass the ball to teammate where there is not an opponent
between them. Let's practise it in turn.

OIESTPASS

b. Bounce Pass

In bounce pass, the ball is hit on the ground and passed to a friend
as in the picture. This pass is also used a lot in basketball games.
Especially tall players use the bounce pass while passing balls to their
team1nates. Now everyone take turns to practice the bounce pass.

c. Overhead Pass

An overhead pass is used to pass the ball to a teammate above the
opponent player. Moreover, this pass is used to quickly deliver the
ball from one end to the other end. In this type of pass, the ball is
passed from a height so that the opponent player cannot touch it.
122 Hen/tl1, Pliysirnl m1d Crentive a.l'ts, grade 8