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Positions and plays in Basketball

1. Positions of Basketball By: Adryll Dustin C. Rosario

2. Point Guard the point guard is the leader of the team when on the court. This position requires substantial ball handling skills and the ability to facilitate the team during a play

3. Shooting Guard The shooting guard, as the name implies, is often the best shooter and is probably capable of shooting accurately from longer distances. Generally, they also have good ball-handling skills.

4. Small Forward The small forward often has an aggressive approach to the basket when handling the ball.

5. Power Forward A large forward who plays in the low post and typically has good rebounding skills.

6. Center also known as the five or the big man, is one of the five positions in a regular basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well.

7. SIMPLE PLAYS ON BASKETBALL

8. Pick and Roll An offensive player sets a screen for another offensive player who currently has the ball. This is also known as a ball screen. (The Pick) The offensive player dribbles around the ball screen and looks to score. The screener, opens up to the ball, and cuts to the basket. (The Roll)

9. Alley- oop is an offensive play in which one player throws the ball near the basket to a teammate who jumps, catches the ball in mid air and puts it in the hoop before touching the ground . The alley- oop combines elements of teamwork, pinpoint passing, timing and finishing.

10. Fast Break Fast break is an offensive strategy in basketball and handball. In a fast break, a team attempts to move the ball up court and into scoring position as quickly as possible, so that the defense is outnumbered and does not have time to set up. There are various styles of the fast break and the fast break attack is the best method of providing action and quick scores

11. Isolation The isolation play is quite possibly the simplest in basketball: As teammates back away to draw their defenders as far from the ball as possible, the ball-handler tries to beat a defender one-on-one . Every team at every level of basketball runs isolation plays, or iso plays, at some point during a game.

12. Post Up is to establish a position in the low post , the area near the basket below the foul line, usually in order to take advantage of a smaller defender. The offensive player usually faces away from the basket, so that his body can protect the ball from the defender.