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  Basketball is a ball game between two teams of five players, played on both indoor and outdoor courts. Players move the ball by passing it or by dribbling it (bouncing it on the floor) while running. The object of the game is to score the most points by throwing the basketball through the hoop, also called a basket, scoring two points for each basket shot from the field. Three points are awarded for field goals made beyond a specified distance from the basket. In the US the standard court is 94-ft long and 54-ft wide, with a backboard at the center of each end of the court, with a metal hoop 10-ft from the floor attached to each backboard. From About Basketball
 
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History - Know the background

 

Early History of Basketball  Naismith,  Naismith - Hall of Fame 
"At that time (1891), there was a need for an indoor winter game that could keep students interested in physical training. Naismith, as well as other physical education instructors were told to experiment with their classes.....He had two peach baskets attached to the balcony at the ends of the gymnasium. They happened to be 10 feet high, which has not changed. Naismith then developed thirteen simple rules:  .... " Read on
Basketball Attic   Biographies of players, team histories, special reports on basketball related ideas, and interactive features like a monthly quiz. Birth of the NBA
History of Women's Basketball "Shown above is an account from Dr. James Naismith's file on a womens basketball game held in 1896. ..read on"
Association of Professional Basketball Research - another great place to start for anything to go with basketball.
Origins of Basketball from Active Karma
Inventor -Naismith covers similar ground                 Jerry
About Basketball - Know the game

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  "I don't care if you are endorsing them, you cant wear them on the court"
About Basketball - the basics
Basic Rules from Active Karma
Rule comparisons  a list of major rule differences between FIBA (International) Rules and many of those used in North America. The list is meant to give more detailed information than some other comparisons (more suitable for usage by referees), but is by no means exhaustive.
Playing the Game from Basketball.com; court dimensions, equipment, the officials, players rules, scoring goal tending etc
Basketball positions  and responsibilities,  from eTeamz
Basketball Rule Forum - "Ask Ace" questions on any of FIBA (International) Rules  NCAA, NBA, and WNBA rules as well
Court details, part of the NBA Rules
Improve your Game - through online coaching advice

See also Coaching from SportsVL

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Slam Dunk! Basketball Video, NBA Fight & More 1000's of Basketball video clips of NBA fight, NBA allstar game & More! Download Free!

Online Basketball Drills  a website/blog  maintained by a youth basketball coach; it provides free access to basketball drills, plays, and coaching strategies for other basketball coaches to use during their basketball practices. New drills are added daily.
Active Karma Basketball for beginners and experts - stance, pivot and turn, defence and more...
AllOutHoops provide the resources for youngsters to appreciate exactly what it takes (the long hours in the gym, the weight room etc.) to reach their dream of becoming a college basketball player.
Applied Sport Psychology  page for Basketball - mental training for the basketball enthusiast
Basketball Goals Offering the best selection of basketball goals, equipment and accessories! We offer free shipping and the lowest prices!
Basketball Highway  the coaches and professionals home; reviews, ask the coach, clinics, and archives, interactive coach etc.
Basketball-drills-and-plays Your number one source for professional basketball drills in various categories, animated plays in many different formations, and tons of player improvement tips...100% FREE...Newsletter also offered
Basketball Playbooks supplies basketball drills and playbooks to assist youth coaches. It also provides a free coaching newsletter and articles and tips on the coaching process
Bionic Plyometrics - Products and articles on using plyometrics and power training to increase your vertical leap.
Coaching Information Web Page, Michael Wells.
Coaches Clipboard very helpful online information on all aspects of the game - articles and drills; animations to be added soon
Coaches Information Service from the  International Society of Biomechanics in Sports and The University of Edinburgh; very useful articles on a range of topics
Coaches Notebook Dedicated to coaches of youth basketball teams, the Coach's Notebook offers tips, plays, drills and much more.
doHoops Software designed for entering stats live during games, using voice (speech recognition), mouse or keyboard. Offers automatic handling of shot locations, minutes, assists and rebounds; with custom and specialty reports.
In search if Excellence Coach Brad Winters
Knowledgehound directory on basketball tips, coaching, drills and plays
Guide to Coaching Basketball tips on offence, defence, and fundamentals and teaching the game for coaches and players.
Hoopskills offers basketball training aids and equipment to basketball players and teams wanting to improve their game.
PowerBasketball, a coach's resource center "Our goal is to help youth basketball coaches and players to be their best"
Retro-Net Basketball Returns - a rebounder that returns your shots to you anywhere on the court. This basketball training aid helps you to improve your shooting. It makes shooting practice fun by letting you shoot more and spend less time chasing the ball!
Sacred Hoops is designed for you to learn more about basketball; we offer basketball drills, basketball rules, coaching tips, youth basketball drills, free basketball drills, and much more.
Vertical Jump Articles from VertCoach.com presents  a wide range of helpful information for all athletes needing this technique, including Basketball players.
Healthopedia - a medical and health consumer information resource with useful information on  Nutition,



    If you need further advice ask Faisal our coaching librarian from Basketball-drills-and-plays
 

Basketball News

 

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NBA Basketball News headlines    The most comprehensive NBA Basketball fan website on the internet— NBA Basketball news, scores, schedule, standings, player roster, tickets, player stats and NBA paraphernalia collected from around the internet and updated hourly.
Basketball News 24/7 from Basketball.Us.com - the very latest
News Now online media monitoring of Basketball for up to the minute information
News  of men's basketball from Fans Only    Women's Basketball news
News - daily reports from all sources by Moreover

Forums  

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The Insiders
Hoops Writers  College Basketball Online Community
Officiating Forum

General Information

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National and District Links  Africa  Australia Canada Europe  USA New Zealand 
                 South Africa

see also   Global and  Regional servers covering multi-sports
 
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  Africa    
  FIBA Africa
Federations and clubs in Africa from FIBA
Basketball without Borders - Africa a contingent of NBA players provide instruction and competition in South Africa
 
 Europe                                                                    UK   Greece  France  Italy 

ULEB (Union of European Basketball Leagues) organises and conducts the two most important basketball club competitions in Europe - the European League and the Cup. It was founded by The professional basketball leagues of Italy, Spain and France in Rome on 25 June, 1991. Other leagues joined ULEB in the last 15 years (
Greece, Portugal, UK, Switxerland, Adriatic League, Austria, Lithuania, the Czech Republic and Israel.
 
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     Final Four Europe. Final Four is the culmination of the Euroleague and attracts the attention of the entirety of Europe. The best four teams, which have qualified in the Euroleague system, fight in the Final Four. The system ensures that the best European basketball teams qualify.
 
  Final Four provides the news, background, rules, history ad previous results
Euroleague covering Italy, Spain, Greece, Germany,  Israel and France
EuroBasket , Links to men and women basketball mainly in Europe, but also USA, Australia and Canada, in both French and English
Basketball Euroleague - good coverage by the sports server Eurosport; Groups A, B and C and the Final Four Europe competition.
Euro Basketen 2003  International Basketball Tournaments- over 200 teams, played in Italy, Greece, Spain, April to September; details for each tournament.
Northern European Basketball newswire, league, cup, questions...
Orange Europe Basketball Directory : Reviews and lists European basketball websites in the English language. Arranged by country.
European Women's Basketball results - from countries and competitions, all over Europe, with plans to also present match reports & stats and even some kind of players 'free market'.
 
      Greece  see separate page on Greek Basketball 
 
       
France
  Basketball in France  
French Basketball from Eurobasket
Basketball Francaise directory if links, most in French
FFBB official site (in French)
 
      Italy
  Bads -Official home of The Ba.D.S. Quartu S.Elena Italian wheelchair basketball team. Offers an English version, news, photos, history, results, schedule, and contact information.
 
     UK
  UK basketball Directory 
England Basketball covering the national teams, national leagues, regional leagues and development
British Basketball League fixtures, stats (including game by game), live-score updates, email alerts, Basketball Championship Finals at the end of April- culmination of the season, clubs, players, BBL Cup and Trophy
British Olympic coverage of Basketball.
 
BritBall covers British BBL League, Trophy and Cups and other competitions, EBL Leagues, Scottish Leagues and Cups, ESB Irish Leagues, international basketball and grassroots development.
BBC Sport Coverage with latest news and results. Commonwealth games coverage.
UK basketball news from Telebasket 
England Basketball Outdoors  EBBA- Outdoor basketball Initiative -"To make the sport of basketball available, accessible and free to all members of the community"; find your nearest goal
 
Essex Basketball 
Hampshire Basketball links to clubs, school association, wheelchair clubs etc
South East Just Hoops  exists to help make basketball accessible to children and teenagers in the South East of England;
Bristol Basketball  and the West of England (WEBBA);
Scottish Basketball national squads, leagues, news, major events
ScotBall News:  online community;  Basketball News from Around Scotland - links, images, news, results, mail lists etc
Basketball Ireland   responsible for the promotion, development, administration and co-ordination of all basketball activities in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Wheelchair basketball
 
  Australia  Basketball Australia (BA) is the governing and controlling body for the sport of basketball in Australia – overseeing the sport at all levels, from the grass roots to national teams and national leagues. The top leagues for men  (NBL) and women (WNBL) are professional leagues. Below this is the Australian Basketball league (ABA), the National DEvelopment competition, with five leagues – 135 men’s and women’s teams based in six states and territories. Australian Institute of Sport (AIS Basketball) is a development organisation producing top quality young players, with the senior men's team from AIS taking part in SEABL, (ABA league) and the women in the WNBL. See State Leagues for more grassroots basketball. Aussie Hoops is the sports grassroots program for Primary School children
 
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  BasketBall Australia (BA)  tournaments, championships, national teams, links to state associations and league clubs. Calendar of all Basketball events 2005-2008 as a doc file for printing.
Basketball Australia History brief summary of key performance facts from 'Basketball Australia'

National Basketball League (NBL) -the equivalent of  NBA in the states
Official NBL Championship website; 11 teams including one from New Zealand compete between September and March in 23 rounds followed by Play-offs.. News, clubs, players, table, results, stats, links, telecast times on Fox
 Coverage byInside Hoops, Fox Sports, Sports Australia, Sportal, Sydney Morning Herald, ABC Sport, The Age
Famous NBL Players: Andrew Gaze Shane Heal
Andrew Bogut  for Andrew Bogut fans and an interactive forum for all basketball topics. NBA, International, Draft Prospects etc, with special attention to up and coming basketballers from Australia. The site is updated on a constant basis to keep everyone updated on what is going on around the world in regards to basketball
 
Womens National Basketball League   WNBL news, fixtures, reports,  stats, clubs close-up, history, audio, TV, links

Australian Basketball Association (ABA) - the endorsed national development league of the sport’s peak body, Basketball Australia. The ABA incorporates five leagues – 135 men’s and women’s teams based in six states and territories. Links
   South East Australia BL, (SEABL)  One of the strongest ABA Divisions.. Ladder, Clubs
   Victoria BL, (Big V)
   Queensland BL,
   Central and Waratah leagues.
State Basketball
 
 
South Australia Basketball provides details links to related sites; news, results, calendar, where to play etc
   South Australia Country Basketball
  
Basketball Mount Gambier
    South East Intertown Basketball League (SEIBL) for local club competitions in Mount Gambia
                                                                               Calendar, Teams, top scorers, local links.
    Millicent Basketball Association

   Salvation Army Basketball South Australia; foster the spirit of community and team work
                    Somerton Thunder Basketball Club 
Northern Territories 
New South Wales
Queensland  
  Bendoes. Queensland Basketball unofficial site
Meteors Basketball  Mackay Meteors & Meteorettes Basketball teams competing in the Super 8 Championships of the Australian Basketball Association
 
  Tasmania Victoria Western Australia
 
        Aussie Hoops The sports grassroots program is a joint initiative by BA and AIS for Primary School children in Australia, building the interest at the base of the sport. With a common strategy, it is  delivered by Local Associations within each State
  Program Initiated
Basketball Australia Hoops activities
AIS Contacts for Junior Sports
Player Development path from Basketball Newxastle
 Details by State: Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales
 
 New Zealand    
  New Zealand Basketball  Leagues, club sites,  resources, news, links etc
NZoom  fixtures etc from OneSport and NZBL Results  WNBL results 
Directory from International basketball
 South Africa    
  South African Basketball Metro, Masters, Wheelchair, Schools..
 
 Canada    
  Canadian basketball   official site
Canadian Wheelchair Basketball Association 
Frozen Hoops   History of Professional Basketball in Canada
HoopLife Canada     covers Pro ball, college, Highschools; messageboard
NBA Canada
Toronto Raptor Celebrity Photos and NBA Greats
 
USA Professional Basketball is one of the dominating American Sports with a huge following.
College Basketball organised by the NCAA also is not far behind, with major championships of its own
Women's Professional Basketball  Youth Basketball    National Team
Basketball by Geographic Area
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  USA Basketball History
 
  Hoop Hall History  a thorough treatise on all aspects of the game
History of Basketball from all-sports-posters.com, including the original rules
Women's Basketball History an article by Bernt Pölling-Vocke focussing on the early years
 
 
  Professional
Basketball
Although professional teams existed in the US from as early as the 1920's, it was not until 1946 that the BAA Basketball Association of America took control and evolved into the NBA, National Basketball Association.  More summary information in NBA from Nationmaster.  Currently it is organised into two Conferences (Eastern  and Western with 5 teams in each of 3 Geographic Divisions in each conference) and the culmination of the season is a Knockout Championship Playoff to decide the top team. There are 82 games in an NBA regular season - 41 home and 41 away games for each team.The playoffs can add potentially another 28 games - 4 rounds with a maximum of 7 games per series.
      NBA              Championship  NBA Stats, NBA News NBA Draft   NBA All Star Game
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  NBA Championship               Play-offs   April 2005
      History
    NBA Finals Top Ten  - amazing achievements over the last 50 or so years
Champions from 1946-47
NBA History presents  Season by Season accounts, the players, stats and records.
2004 NBA .com  Espn   news and articles- brackets, schedules/ results
         NBA Finals notes from Inside Hoops
  NBA.com Coverage of the 2005 finals
Playoffs 2005 Schedule from Inside Hoops
  2005 Coverage by: NBA Basketball Online, NBA Hops Online, Hoops Vibe,
                                NBA-Finals-News, ProBasketball from the About team
Final Forums  
       Pro-Sports Daily, NBA.com,  
 
 
   NBA Stats
    Hoops Stats   Provides profiles, stats, rankings, tips, matchups, comparisons, situational stats for NBA teams and NBA players NBA Records from Rauzulu's Street; up to date records on the net are hard to find. Lots of older record pages, and a ton of partial records are available to the web user. We have attempted to make our sections as complete and up to date as possible.
NBA Stats straight from the horses mouth - NBA.com!
Stats from Yahoo  sortable by position
CBS  NBA Stats sort them any way you want!
Sports Illustrated NBA Stats
   
  NBA Draft
 
  NBA Draft   from College Hoops Net - all you need to know about Draft
Draft Express  Extensive coverage of  the NBA Draft, including detailed scouting reports, articles, interviews, and analysis of the top prospects around the world, with reports from many of the camps and tournaments pertaining to the world of the NBA draft. NCAA, International, High School
   
  NBA News
   
NBA.com  - the complete source for Pro Basketball in the USA. It provides daily update of news and events; team and player profiles, Standings, Schedules, Stats
NBA Basketball News headlines    The most comprehensive NBA Basketball fan website on the internet— NBA Basketball news, scores, schedule, standings, player roster, tickets, player stats and NBA paraphernalia collected from around the internet and updated hourly.
NBA Basketball News.com  NBA News and Opinion Articles.
NBA Hoops Online news, History, original and current Rules, stats, NBA Draft, Player and team information; other leagues, messageboard, Faq, archive articles, Links
HoopsVibe  provides daily NBA news and weekly NBA reviews, shoes reviews, apparels reviews,  general basketball articles, match reviews, players and statistics (leaders, teams, play-off, Divisions), streetball moves, forum
NBA Headlines and news   from Espn .
See also Netscape Sports, Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, CBS Sportsline, Fox Sports
NewsClicker  keep up to date with latest NBA news
 

   NBA All Star Game

A Series where the best players of the East face the best in the West, in  a 10 day marathon of events
  NBA All Star Official Site
 
  Women's
Basketball
A professional Basketball league for Women started in 1978 (WBL). The WNBA have been operating since 1997
 
   WNBA  official site of the Women's National Basketball Association. Standings, Schedules, Stats
 
  Coverage by Sports Illustrated, Yahoo Sports, USA Today , CBS Sportsline, Excite Sports, Sports Illustrated for Women, WNBA Today
History of Women's Basketball
Women's Basketball-Full Court  high school, college, professional and International
 
  College
Basketball
Involves many more teams. It is split into 3 Divisions reflecting different skill levels, each Division holding end of year Championships. At the highest level, Division 1 has 32 separate leagues or Conferences, each  paying in a different geographic area with 4 to14 teams in each conference. Brackets for the end of season Championships need to be chosen by votes. Final Four
 
 
 
                            March madness   NCAA Servers, Division 1, Division II /III   
                                                   
Tickets and Accomodation

 
  NCAA Basketball Tournament  "March Madness"  held every year in March and early April. In a 19 day span the tournament covers 13 cities and concludes in Indianapolis with the Final Four tournament to determine the 2006 NCAA College Basketball Champion.  Tickets
 
 
  Schedules of events from NCAA Sports with links to relevant websites
March Madness Contest has a lot of useful information on the tournament, including a glossary, how it works, previous winners and some tips on finding some winners.
Coverage by: Pro-basketball About, Inside hoops, College Hoops Net
 
  NCAA Men's Basketball National Collegiate Athletic Association. Basketball Divisions I to III;
 
  College Basketball History brief summary
College Hoops  National College Basketball- Featuring Player Interviews, College basketball news,& more
Team rankings - for power ratings in basketball including predictions, RPI, and much more including  NCAA Men;  NCAA Women and the NBA
Schedules for 2005/2006 Mens Season Divisions I to III

Illini wonk. A college hoops blog dedicated to the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
   
  Division I scores, stats, brackets
     Scoreboard from Yahoo Sports
     Coverage by CBS Sportsline, Sports Illustrated MSNBC, Espn, Sporting News
    Final Four - Summary information from the SportsVL team
        History of the Final Four from Sporting News year by year; the heroes

Division II hoops definitive resource
Division III hoops definitive resource

   
  Women's College Basketball Championships History  from 1969

High School
  
High-school-basketball  a useful site with many resources for the basketball player in their early years, including training information
     High School Basketball from SoCal - a comprehensive and complete collection of High School & Prep Basketball websites
    High School State Basketball -
basketball player rankings, team rankings, and coverage of some top high school basketball events.

USA National Team
USA
Basketball.  official site US basketball - the recognized governing body for basketball in the United States by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA)
Historical results for USA Basketball  

Youth Basketball
Buckeye Prep Report - a high school and Jr. high school basketball magazine that covers youth basketball around the country.

 

Other Geographic Areas

Central and South America
Latin Basketball comprehensive coverage of basketball in Central and South America and the World, having the widest basketball coverage from over 126 countries worldwide and in total 188 leagues.Message Board, Map-based links
Bahamas
Bahamas Basketball from Latin Basketball news, national team, Division One, import players, Message board,
 

New Jersey Hoops provides entertainment & enjoyment for New Jersey Nets fans & followers, and supporters of all levels of basketball around New Jersey.
Oregon Preps High school basketball news, results, and recruiting info for the state of Oregon in the United States.
The St. Louis Shootout - an annual event held each year where top teams from the region are matched against top talent from across the nation.  With 12 NBA All-Stars and 71 future NBA Draft picks,  the event is truly established as a national impact player.

Washington
  Seattle Supersonics The official site of the NBA's professional basketball team
Seattle Storm  The official site of the professional women's basketball team
Washington State Cougars Men's Basketball   Women's Basketball
AAU Washington Girls Basketball  leagues, tournament, schedules, links 
University of Washington Basketball  Huskies news, roster, results ...


Tickets Accommodation  and Betting for US Basketball

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    Sports Betting.  
  LinesMaker providing latest NBA lines and college basketball odds. Free odds feed available.
 
  Players  find details of the top basketball players top
Michael Jordan by Patti LaRue. Contact her for salesAlphabetical listing from HickOKSports - career stats and other resources
Carmelo Anthony : unofficial fan site of this  great Basketball player
College players of the Week from Inside Hoops 
Michael Jordan 
Virtual Gallery
Magic Johnson -  all about Great Magic Johnson and Lakers, NBA Basketball, biography, summary and his complete stats. Magic won the Most Valuable Player and The Magic Johnson Foundation was established in 1991
NBA Players  from CBS Sportsline
NBA players biographies from basketball.com
NBA player information and news from Inside Hoops; articles and links
 
   Lebron - a high quality, large picture gallery of NBA player LeBron James
Senior Men from US Basketball; dropdown box has the USA team and coaches
Sports Illustrated covers NBA players alphabetically or by search
Yahoo directory of NBA players


 
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