In order to dunk a basketball, you have to first be able to jump high enough to be able to get your hand above the rim of the basket. Dunking, then, is forcing the ball down through the basket from above as opposed to shooting a basket which involves arcing the ball up and into the basket from below.
Normally, the center would. But in the case of a jump ball, the player that was fighting for possession of the ball will jump.( what he said)
At the beginning of the game in the NBA. In all basketball games, at the start of the game. In an NBA Game, the jump ball is also used during a "held ball" situation----both teams have a player holding the ball at the same time for about three seconds.
yeah, ur thinking of football when if a receiver goes out of bounds, he can't touch the ball first. In basketball, you can jump into the crowd if u want and back and then still get the ball.
The game begins by with a jump ball, the Referee tosses the ball into the air, as it comes down one player from each team jumps upward inn an attempt to tap the ball to a teammate.
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in basketball you have to be able to jump and move your body in a way to steal the ball or get it in the basket.
A basketball game will usually start with a jump ball. The referee will toss the ball in the air and the team that gets it gets to start.
The 1937-38 b-ball seson was the last year of the "center-jump" after every basket. The next season it was changed to having the opponent take in the ball after a basket. I remember because I was the center when I played b-ball in the eighth grade. {This is a good trivia question]
In order to dunk a basketball, you have to first be able to jump high enough to be able to get your hand above the rim of the basket. Dunking, then, is forcing the ball down through the basket from above as opposed to shooting a basket which involves arcing the ball up and into the basket from below.
The jump ball area is in the centre of the basketball court.
Results in a jump ball.
In the early days of basketball teams used a jump ball to determine possession after each scored basket. This rule was changed in the 1930s to the current method of the defending team taking possession and throwing the ball in bounds after a score.
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If the player rebounding the ball and releases it from it's wedged position, the ball is still considered in play and the player rebounding maintains posession of the ball. Type your answer here...
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with a jump ball