BASKETBALL

It is a team sport that can develop both indoor as outdoor, in which two sets of five players each try to score points, also called baskets or double and / or triple introducing a ball in a hoop placed 3 , 05 meters above the ground from which hangs a network, which gives it a basket or basket. It was invented by James Naismith, a physical education teacher in December 1891 at the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. It is played with two teams of five, for 4 periods or quarters of 10 (FIBA) 4 or 12 (NBA) minutes each. At the end of the second quarter, it takes a break, usually 15 to 20 minutes.