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  2. Dribbling - Wikipedia

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    Dribbling allows players to move the ball down the court, evade defenders, and create scoring opportunities. It's a fundamental skill in basketball that involves moving the ball around the court with control. James Naismith's original rules said nothing about dribbling, merely stating that passing the ball was the legal way of advancing it ...

  3. James Naismith - Wikipedia

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    Naismith invented the game of basketball and wrote the original 13 rules of this sport; [36] for comparison, the NBA rule book today features 66 pages. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, is named in his honor, and he was an inaugural inductee in 1959. [ 36 ]

  4. History of basketball - Wikipedia

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    Hoops: A Cultural History of Basketball in America (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022) online. APPLIN, ALBERT GAMMON, II."FROM MUSCULAR CHRISTIANITY TO THE MARKET PLACE: THE HISTORY OF MEN'S AND BOY'S BASKETBALL IN THE UNITED STATES, 1891-1957" (PhD dissertation, University of Massachusetts Amherst; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1982. 8210291).

  5. Rules of basketball - Wikipedia

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    Typewritten first draft of the rules of basketball by Naismith. On 15 January 1892, James Naismith published his rules for the game of "Basket Ball" that he invented: [1] The original game played under these rules was quite different from the one played today as there was no dribbling, dunking, three-pointers, or shot clock, and goal tending was legal.

  6. Traveling (basketball) - Wikipedia

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    Dribbling's introduction: Contrary to what many might think, dribbling wasn't an original component of basketball. It was introduced by the Yale University basketball team in 1897, and over time, became a fundamental part of the sport. NBA and FIBA Standards: Both the NBA and FIBA define traveling as taking more than two steps without dribbling.

  7. Basketball moves - Wikipedia

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    This dribble is frequently used when a basic crossover dribble could be stolen. [1] This dribble is an especially useful when the offensive player is close to a defender and needs to switch the ball to the opposite hand, but does not have room to use a regular crossover.

  8. America invented basketball but still has a ways to go in ...

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    PARIS — If casual American basketball fans didn’t already know this, then the world made it loud and clear in Paris: The U.S. has a ways to go before it becomes a 3x3 powerhouse.

  9. Outline of basketball - Wikipedia

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    Basketball Schools and Academies – where students are trained in developing basketball fundamentals, undergo fitness and endurance exercises and learn various basketball skills. Basketball students learn proper ways of passing, ball handling, dribbling, shooting from various distances, rebounding, offensive moves, defense, layups, screens ...