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General FAQs

• What are the skills you need to have to play Basketball?

  Five Basic Skills of Basketball:

  • Dribbling. Top point guards dribble and control the ball as if it were on a string.
  • Passing. Great passers can see the whole court and anticipate where a teammate will go and what a defender will do. 
  • Shooting. It's difficult to score if you can't shoot the ball effectively. 
  • Rebounding. Although it helps to be tall and has the jumping ability, rebounding is a matter of desire as well as ability.
  • Defense. Knowing your opponent's tendencies so you can dictate the direction you want him to move.

• What are Fouls in Basketball?

  A player who commits five personal fouls over the course of a 40-minute game, or six in a 48-minute game, fouls out and is disqualified for the remainder of the game.

• What is the basic concept of basketball?

  Basketball is a team sport in which 2 teams try to score points by throwing a basketball to the opponents' hoop. Then the team has 24 seconds on the shot clock to pass and shoot to your teammates. If you shoot before the 24 seconds are up, then you score points based on the shot that you make.

• What is the length of a basketball court?

  A regulation college court is 94 feet long and 50 feet wide, while high school courts are supposed to be 84 by 50 feet. The free-throw line (2 inches wide) is 15 feet from the backboard, which supports a basket 10 feet high at the upper edge.

• What is Jump Stop in Basketball?

  The jump stop is how players stop on a basketball court without traveling. For those that are only new to basketball and its terminology, 'triple-threat' is when the player is in a low, balanced stance with the ball in their shot-pocket which makes them a threat to either shoot, dribble, or pass.