Beach basketball
Encyclopedia
Beach Basketball is a modified version of basketball
, played on beach
es. It was invented in the USA by Philip Bryant.
court with no backboard on the goal and no out-of-bounds rule, with the ball movement to be done via passes or 2½ steps, as dribbling is next to impossible on sand.
Beach basketball has become a very popular, widespread competitive sport. Fifteen Annual World Championships have been organized.
beach basketball, or "Beachbasketball" as it is written in German
, is played in a way that is similar to basketball
. The beach court is smaller than a standard basketball court
and without lines. Over the year, several tournaments are held, ending in the German championship
which is organized by the German basketball federation. Within this tournaments various beach basketball team
s play against each other.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, played on beach
Beach
A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...
es. It was invented in the USA by Philip Bryant.
USA
Beach basketball is played in a circularCircle
A circle is a simple shape of Euclidean geometry consisting of those points in a plane that are a given distance from a given point, the centre. The distance between any of the points and the centre is called the radius....
court with no backboard on the goal and no out-of-bounds rule, with the ball movement to be done via passes or 2½ steps, as dribbling is next to impossible on sand.
Beach basketball has become a very popular, widespread competitive sport. Fifteen Annual World Championships have been organized.
Situation
In GermanyGermany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
beach basketball, or "Beachbasketball" as it is written in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, is played in a way that is similar to basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
. The beach court is smaller than a standard basketball court
Basketball court
In basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor with tiles at either end. In professional or organized basketball, especially when played indoors, it is usually made out of a wood, often maple, and highly polished...
and without lines. Over the year, several tournaments are held, ending in the German championship
Championship
Championship is a term used in sport to refer to various forms of competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion.- Title match system :...
which is organized by the German basketball federation. Within this tournaments various beach basketball team
Team
A team comprises a group of people or animals linked in a common purpose. Teams are especially appropriate for conducting tasks that are high in complexity and have many interdependent subtasks.A group in itself does not necessarily constitute a team...
s play against each other.
Rules
- A beach basketball team has three players plus a maximum of two players to change.
- The court consists of a sand surface in the range of about 12–15 m, and two opposing basketball baskets and backboard, which are situated on the short sides of the pitch. Basically, there are no out line.
- The players play without shoes.
- A game lasts ten minutes, divided into two halves to five minutes. At halftime, the sides are changed.
- In a tournament team mentioned first at the beginning of the first half is in the possession of the ball. The second mentioned team has the ball in the second halftime.
- If the ball falls in the sand, the player first touches the ball may take the ball and continue unhindered.
- In an indecisive outcome of the game there will be a shoot-out. Each player has a free throw.