jueves, 26 de abril de 2012

Information of Basketball

Hello friends,
We explain you the rules of basketball.
            
     THE RULES OF BASKETBALL
-Games last for 40 minutes, split in to four 10- minutes quarters.
-Points are score by shooting the ball into your opponent´s net.
-The men´s quarter-finals, plus all semi-finals and medal games, will be held  at the state-of-the-art North Greenwich Arena.
               DID YOU KNOW...
-There was an exhibition Basketball tournament at the St Louis 1904 Games, but only a few American club teams competed.
-At the Berlin 1936 Games the first official Olympic Basketball tournament was held outdoors on courts made of sand that turned to mud in the rain.
-600 basketballs will be used during the London 2012 Basketball competition.
                                     History
Was invented in 1891 bu Dr James Naismith,a Canadian physical education teacher.
The first game,wich took place in December 1891.
Basketball is played by two teams of five on an indoor court that is 28 metres long and 15m wide.













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