Basketball
Presented By
Landon Markes
Origin of Basketball
• The origins of the game of basketball can be
traced back to a gentleman by the name of
Dr. James Naismith that was created in
1891 at a YMCA training school.
• The original idea of basketball was fairly
close to what it is today.
• Originally the idea of the game was to get a
leather ball into a peach basket located 10
feet off of the ground.
• The first game was played with two peach
baskets for goals and a soccer ball.
• Now days we have an enclosed area and
hard wood floors to play on. The basket is
metal and there is a net and backboard
• Became an Olympic even in 1936
There are many different kinds of defenses to run in basketball
• Man to Man
• Sagging Man
• Zone
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2-3
2-3 Match up zone
1-3-1
2-1-2
Box and 1
Triangle and 2
Each defense is ran for a
different purpose.
Man to Man/Sagging Man
• First off DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!!
• The man to man defense is ran with each of the
five players on your team matched up with one
of the other 5 players on the opposing team.
• Sagging man is the same as a man to man but
you are a few steps off your man towards the
goal not guarding them up close. This would be
used to help prevent penetration and clog up the
post area around the basket.
2-3 Zone/Match up Zone
• The 2-3 zone is when you have 2 men at the
top of the free throw line (normally guards)
and 3 other players spread underneath the
basket in the lane (normally post players)
• The 2-3 match up zone is the same as a
regular 2-3 but each of the players on defense
keeps an eye on their man almost guarding
them specifically.
1-3-1 Zone
• The 1-3-1 zone is laid out with a player (guard
player) at the very top, almost half court line.
• Then with 3 spread even throughout the
middle of the court free throw line extended.
• Then finally there is the back man in the zone
always protecting the basket (normally a post
player).
2-1-2 Zone
• The 2-1-2 zone is also an extended zone like the
1-3-1.
• Instead of the 1 person at the top of the zone like
the 1-3-1 there is 2 people.
• In the middle standing about the free throw line
there is only 1 player.
• Then at the bottom of the zone there are 2
players protecting each side of the basket
standing around the blocks (last large square on
the side of the free throw line).
Box and 1
• The box and 1 defense is where there is 1 player
on your team that denies 1 of the other players
on the opposing team from catching the
basketball and scoring. Normally put this
defensive person on their best offensive player.
• The other 4 players on defense guard the offense
by standing in 4 key points. The two blocks
around the basket and the other two on each
side of the free throw line.
Triangle and 2
• The triangle and 2 defense is almost exactly like
the box and 1.
• Instead of 1 player guarding their best offensive
player you have 2 players guarding the opposing
teams best two offensive players.
• The other 3 players are in a zone defense. 1
standing in the middle of the free throw line and
the other two are on each of the blocks guarding
the basket.
Offense
• Just like defense there are many different
types of offenses to run.
• There are almost an unlimited amount of set
plays and offenses to run.
• Other regular universal offenses that are most
common to any basketball player include
– 5 man motion
– 4 out 1 in
5 man motion
• The 5 man motion is the most common and
universal offense in basketball where all 5
offensive players are in movement on the court.
• The offense is ran at random. Players set screens
for each other to get open and an occasional ball
pick (screening the man defending the ball).
• Different kinds of cuts can be used off of screens
to get open for a shot.
4 Out 1 In
• The 4 out 1 in offense is exactly like the 5 man
motion but with a post player staying down
around the basket posting up for the ball.
• The other 4 players still set ball picks and
screens for each other getting open for shots
and dribble penetration.
QUIZ TIME!
Who invented the game of basketball?
• How many feet off the ground does a
basketball goal hang?
What is the Man to Man defense?
What is a box and 1 Defense?
What is a Triangle and 2 Defense?
What is the 4 out 1 in defense?
Works Cited
• http://ezinearticles.com/?Do-you-Know-theOrigin-of-Basketball?&id=2019