2. Coordinating teacher: Iulia Manicea Students: Iris Gruia & Miruna Zavelca 6 th grade C.N.I.T.V.

3. The first ring Inca, Mayan, Aztec =>Ring of stone Natives from Florida =>Wattle basket Indians from America =>Trunks of trees www.scritube.com

4.  December 1891: Basketball is invented in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, when Dr. James Naismith tosses a ball into a peach basket  June 18th, 1932: International Basketball Federation (FIBA) is founded by the following eight National Federations: Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Romania and Switzerland  August 1st, 1936: Basketball is played for the first time in the Olympics at the Games of the XI-th Olympiad in Berlin  October 22nd, 1950: First World Championship for Men is opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina  March 7th, 1953: First World Championship for Women is opened in Santiago, Chile www.fiba.com

5.  April 8th, 1989: The FIBA World Congress decides to eliminate the distinction between amateurs and professionals, making all basketball players eligible for FIBA competitions  1991: The Centenary of basketball is celebrated by an estimated 350 million basketball players throughout the world. Celebrations end at the birthplace of basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA  July 1992: For the first time, professional players participate at the Olympic Games in Barcelona  March 2007: FIBA inaugurates the FIBA Hall of Fame in Alcobendas on the occasion of its 75th anniversary www.fiba.com

6. … and everybody can play it Basketball can be played almost everywhere…

7. Basketball requires : Team spirit Sacrifice Intelligence Psychical resistance www.scritube.com www.fiba.com

8. "The purpose of each team is to shoot the ball into the opponents’ basket and prevent the other team from securing the ball or scoring, within the rules of the game." www.cardiffbasketball.co.uk

9. The rules of the game Number of players: -for fun: only one player or two teams of 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 players on each team. Teams can be mixed, with boys and girls, or not. -on a competition level: teams of 5 players playing on the court and 5 players sitting, used for substitution. www.fiba.com

10. The rules of the game Positions: - determined by the height of the player  center / position 5: the tallest player  forwards / position 3 and 4: the medium size players  guards / position 1 and 2: the shortest players www.fiba.com

11. The rules of the game Scoring: A player scores when he manages to throw the ball into the basket, with the ball passing through the basket from above the hoop. Scoring a basket increases the team’s score by 3, 2 or 1 point. www.fiba.com

12. Scoring signals www.fiba.com

13. Basketball players have big size and remarkable bodily quality Andrei Kirilenko (AK47) Professional basketball player 2.06 meters tall 103 kg weigh en.wikipedia.org

14. m 2.06 kg 103

15. m 2.13 kg 113

16. m 2.11 kg 118

17. m 1.88 kg 91

18. m 2.13 kg 111

19. m 2.08 kg 107

20. m 2.08 kg 100

21. m 2.06 kg 118

22. m 1.98 kg 93

23. m 2.06 kg 111

24. m 2.11 kg 119

25. m 2.13 kg 113

26. m 1.88 kg 82 nba-funny-photos.blogspot.com/2011/09/fiba-2010-giant-wallpapers.html

27. Gheorghe Muresan - the only Romanian professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association from North America - NBA (1993- 2000). -one of the tallest players in NBA history (2.31 m, 143 kg) en.wikipedia.org

28. NBA All-Star Game 2011 Demo : http://youtu.be/NhPxbdCx_4A

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