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basketball

vr.tr.basketball · ACT.ACT

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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team sport

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game of skill

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throwing game

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ball

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Outdated results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

history of basketballwheelchair basketballwater basketball3x3 basketballwomen's basketballRugballDouble teamSlamballdeaf basketballmen's basketballcollege basketballstreetballbeach basketballmen's 3x3 basketballwomen's 3x3 basketballwomen's basketball in the United StatesNkumba Lady MarinesNabisunsa Girls Basketball Clubwomen's college basketballmen's college basketballcollege basketball in the United StatesTwenty-one

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.

  1. How is basketball played and scored, and how do international, league and college rules differ? definition
  2. Which entry fits a specific rule set? action

Variants

Variants.

Variants

Variants.

  1. What are three-on-three, wheelchair, water and street basketball, and how do they differ? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific variant? action
Follow Competitions.

Practice.

Competitions

Leagues and tournaments.

Competitions

Competitions.

  1. What are the major leagues and international competitions for men and women, and where are results published? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific competition? action

Watch

Watching and attending.

Watch

Watching.

  1. How can games be watched or attended? provenance
  2. Which entry fits broadcasting? action
Play Playing and coaching.

Safety.

Start

Getting started.

Start

Starting.

  1. How can someone start playing basketball, and what skills and equipment are needed? provenance
  2. Is someone injured now, needing medical help? boundary

Coaching

Coaching and welfare.

Coaching

Coaching.

  1. What coaching principles, injury prevention and welfare rules apply, according to federations? provenance
  2. Which entry fits sports coaching? action
Learn History and culture.

Context.

History

History of basketball.

History

History.

  1. How did basketball develop from its 1891 invention to a global sport? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Culture

Basketball culture.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How has basketball shaped culture, fashion and community, according to observers? provenance
  2. 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?