Team Sports Midterm

Rules

100

How does each game of basketball begin?

What is a Jumpball

200

Can a goal be scored from a "throw in"?

What is no

300

What is it called when you take a step while in possession of the basketball but without dribbling?

What is a travel

400

In volleyball, how are you and your teammates supposed to rotate?

What is clockwise

500

How many points does a team have to win by in volleyball?

What is 2 points

Pro/Int'l Leagues

100

What is the women's basketball league called?

What is WNBA http://www.wnba.com/about_us/historyof_wnba.html

200

What is the men's basketball league called?

What is NBA http://www.nba.com/history/

300

Who is the governing association over international soccer?

What is FIFA

400

How often is the World Cup?

What is every 4 years

500

How many countries were apart of FIBA originally? (Name 2 countries)

What is 8. (Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Romania, and Switzerland.)

The History of Basketball

100

What year was soccer introduced to the Olympics?

What is 1900/1904

200

What does the acronym FIBA mean?

What is International Basketball Federation

300

Where was basketball invented?

What is Springfield, Massachusetts http://www.kansasheritage.org/people/naismith.html http://www.history-of-basketball.com/history.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/10615/no-frames/basketball/history.html

400

What year was Women's Basketball introduced to the Olympics?

What is 1976

500

Early versions of soccer can be found in which country?

What is China

Skills/Strategies

100

This skill is used to score a point in a game of volleyball?

What is serve

200

What is it known as when a player who passes the ball to a teammate in a way that leads to a made basket? 

What is an assist

300

What is it called when the ball travels out of bounds along the endline and it is caused by a player on defense? This is used to restart game play.

What is a corner kick

400

Who is the player used for defensive strategy purposes in volleyball?

What is a Libero

500

This acronym is used to teach athletes how to shoot a basketball properly? (Explain what each letter represents)

What is B.E.E.F. 

Balance, Elbow, Eyes, Follow Through

Vocabulary

100

What is an airball?

What is a missed shot that fails to touch the rim, net, or backboard.

200

What is a kickoff?

What is the start to each period in soccer and to restart the game after a goal 

300

What is double dribble?

What is a player begins to dribble the ball a second time after having come to a complete stop http://www.firstbasesports.com/basketball_glossary.html http://www.thefreedictionary.com/double+dribble

400

What is a pivot?

What is when a player maintains one foot having contact with the ground while rotating with the other foot

500

What is a dig?

What is a defensive move employed to keep the ball from hitting the floor after an opponent makes a hard downward hit