2. Basketball is a popular sport in the Philippines. Children grow
observing and playing with the ball even without rules. They learn to dribble,
throw, and catch in their backyards. These are the skills learned before they
learn shooting the ball because the sport itself requires a “ring” for shooting
and it needs a court.
Basketball is played by two teams with five players each. The objective
is to shoot a ball through a hoop or ring that is, 18 inches in diameter and 10
feet high mounted to a background at each end of the court.
3. General Rules
1. Basket at the buzzer
A score is counted if the shot was released
before the expired time and the sound of the
buzzer.
2. Start of dribble
A dribble starts when a player throws, taps, or
rolls the ball on the floor and touches it. The dribble is
completed when the players touches the ball
simultaneously with both hands or the ball comes to
4. rest on both hands. Accidentally losing and then
regaining control, tapping the ball in order to gain
control, tapping the ball from the control of
another player, blocking, blocking the pass, and
then recovering the ball are not considered to be
dribbles.
3. Substitution
A substitution should report to the official
scorer at the scorer’s table, then wait until the
official beckons hin in during a deal ball. An illegal
substitution (payer just runs into the court) results
to a technical foul for a team.
5. Skills to Learn
1. Dribbling
It is defined as the
continuous tapping of the
ball with the hand or palm
towards the floor with full
control and follow through.
2. Passing
Its is defined as the
throwing of the ball towards a
teammate using the different
6. types of pass in correct stance
and position. The passes are
the chest pass, bounce pass,
and overhead pass.
3. Shooting
It is the offensive
weapon in basketball. It is
defined as the act of throwing
or putting the ball inside the
goal or the ring.
