basketball
Let an agent explain basketball and its rules and variants, follow competitions and leagues with sources, support playing and coaching safely, and describe history and culture.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain basketball and its rules and variants, follow competitions and leagues with sources, support playing and coaching safely, and describe history and culture.
A team sport in which two teams of five players score by throwing a ball through a hoop mounted at each end of a rectangular court, invented in 1891 and now played worldwide at recreational, school, professional and Olympic levels by men and women, with variants such as three-on-three basketball, wheelchair basketball, water basketball and street forms; basketball is governed by the international federation and national leagues and has a rich history and culture.
What it is for: A court team sport with hoops.
It can be explain rules and variants; follow competitions; support playing and coaching; describe history and culture.
Distinguishing features
Hoop scoring
Dribbling and passing
Global professional leagues
Many variants
What it looks like
Two teams on a court throwing a ball at elevated hoops.
How it is recognised
Ball thrown through hoops
Five players per team
Netball has no dribbling and different rules; handball uses goals
Related models
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In practice
Families and kinds
professional and national team basketball
three-on-three basketball
wheelchair basketball
women basketball and youth basketball
recreational and street variants
Standards and regulation
International federation and league rules
Court and equipment standards
Anti-doping and player welfare rules
Failure modes and hazards
Injuries such as ankle and knee injuries
Confusing rule sets between federations and leagues
Outdated results
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand The game.
Definitions.
Rules
Rules and play.
Rules
Rules.
- How is basketball played and scored, and how do international, league and college rules differ? definition
- Which entry fits a specific rule set? action
Variants
Variants.
Variants
Variants.
- What are three-on-three, wheelchair, water and street basketball, and how do they differ? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific variant? action
Follow Competitions.
Practice.
Competitions
Leagues and tournaments.
Competitions
Competitions.
- What are the major leagues and international competitions for men and women, and where are results published? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific competition? action
Watch
Watching and attending.
Watch
Watching.
- How can games be watched or attended? provenance
- Which entry fits broadcasting? action
Play Playing and coaching.
Safety.
Start
Getting started.
Start
Starting.
- How can someone start playing basketball, and what skills and equipment are needed? provenance
- Is someone injured now, needing medical help? boundary
Coaching
Coaching and welfare.
Coaching
Coaching.
- What coaching principles, injury prevention and welfare rules apply, according to federations? provenance
- Which entry fits sports coaching? action
Learn History and culture.
Context.
History
History of basketball.
History
History.
- How did basketball develop from its 1891 invention to a global sport? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Culture
Basketball culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How has basketball shaped culture, fashion and community, according to observers? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each variant be a separate entry?
- How should competition data be linked?
- How should coaching resources be linked?