BASKETBALL DEFINITIONS

BASKETBALL DEFINITIONS • Assist: a pass or • Basket: the iron hoop handoff resulting in a through which goals basket by a are scored. teammate. • Dribble: to bounce • Backboard: the and control the ball surface of wood, continuously with one metal, or glass to hand while walking or which the basket is running. affixed, used to carom • Field goal: a basket shots into the basket. scored from the floor. BASKETBALL DEFINITIONS • Frontcourt: the half of the court in which a basket is under attack. • Hoop: the rim of the basket. • Lay-up: a shot from alongside the basket, using the backboard as guide • Palming: an illegal means of carrying the ball along with dribbling. • Rebound: a shot the caroms off the basket or backboard and remains in play to be recovered by either team. The End • Back to Home