Answer: double dribble
You can only dribble the ball with one hand at the same time. Double dribbling is an infraction in basketball (except it's just one dribble).
From Quiz: Basketball Rules
Answer: Base Lines
Also called endlines.
From Quiz: Easy Basketballs
Answer: 10 feet
It's pretty high, but sometimes not high enough!
From Quiz: Rules and History Of Basketball
Answer: goaltending
Goaltending usually occurs in professional or college basketball.
From Quiz: Basketball Rules
Answer: Double dribble
A double-dribble is also when a basketball player dribbles the ball, stops, then dribbles again.
From Quiz: Easy Basketballs
Answer: 10 players
Five players per team, including two forwards, two guards, and one center.
From Quiz: Rules and History Of Basketball
Answer: Between the first and second shots
From Quiz: Basketball Rules
Answer: traveling
Traveling is also an infraction in basketball. It results in a turnover.
From Quiz: Basketball Rules
Answer: 1 point
A free throw is awarded when a player is fouled while shooting.
From Quiz: Rules and History Of Basketball
Answer: 91
Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers had the dubious honor. He wore the number 23 prior.
From Quiz: Basketball Rules
Answer: three-pointer
A three-point shot is the hardest shot to make in basketball.
From Quiz: Basketball Rules
Answer: The team receives a technical
Though officials don't always follow through with this rule, this is the correct ruling.
From Quiz: Easy Basketballs
Answer: 2 points
The paint is the colored area right under the basket extending to the free throw line.
From Quiz: Rules and History Of Basketball
Answer: 4
Professional basketball plays 4 quarters, with a halftime after the 2nd quarter.
From Quiz: Basketball Rules
Answer: Goaltending
When a team is shooting the ball, the ball is not allowed to be touched on its downward path providing the ball is (in the opinion of the referee) on its way to the hoop. A ball also cannot be touched by either team if the ball is on the rim.
From Quiz: Easy Basketballs
Answer: peach baskets
The peach baskets were sufficient until later they ripped out the bottoms so after every score they did not have to retreive the ball.
From Quiz: Rules and History Of Basketball
Answer: foul made purposely for harm
A flagrant foul ends up in ejection from the game.
In the NBA a flagrant foul 2 will end up with ejection; ditto a second flagrant foul 1 (one flagrant foul 1 does not result in ejection).
From Quiz: Rules and History Of Basketball
Answer: Free throws
Lay-ups, the highest percentage shot in a game as they're scored closest to the basket, but it is not always possible to get through the defense all the time to do so. Three-pointers may get you more points, but they're a low percentage shot because they're far from the basket. Free throws however are earned if you are fouled by the opposing team. You have more time to shoot them, and most of the time the clock is stopped while you do so. Hitting these shots will earn you valuable points of the other team's mistakes.
From Quiz: Wheelchair Basketball
Answer: 3 seconds
With this rule, introduced by the NBA in 2003, the defensive players have to get out of the paint every three seconds!
This three second rule is not use in European basketball.
From Quiz: Rules and History Of Basketball
Answer: Pushng more than twice before bouncing the ball
Unlike the running game, you are allowed to resume dribbling after stopping. However, you cannot have more than 2 pushes before bouncing the ball. A turn or a touch of the wheel counts as a push.
From Quiz: Wheelchair Basketball
Answer: point guard
The point guard calls all of the plays and controls the ball.
Most basketball offenses use two guards with the main ball handler identified as the "point guard". The other guard is typically identified as the "shooting guard".
From Quiz: Rules and History Of Basketball
Answer: 1 point
Only one point more than the other team is needed to win the game!
From Quiz: Rules and History Of Basketball
Answer: 2
A single free throw is worth 1 point. A basket behind the arc is worth 3 points. A basket from anywhere else is worth 2 points.
From Quiz: Wheelchair Basketball
