Basketball Strategies Quiz

Ariah has the ball and is being covered by a defender. What could she do to help her team score?

• Throw the ball out of bounds

• Have her team huddle around her to protect the ball

• Make a quick move around the defender.

• Throw to her closest teammate who is being covered by two defenders

This offensive strategy involves players moving to areas to make it more difficult for the defensive players to cover them.

• speed

• concentration of attack

• fast break

• open space

Which muscles help to stabilize the body during movement?

• Biceps

• Deltoids

• Calves

• Core Muscles

The ability to maintain the body's center of gravity with stability is called:

• flexibility

• balance

• force

• agility

Why is it important for everyone, not just athletes to develop and maintain muscular strength and endurance?

• So that we are capable of playing sports

• So that we are able to perform the physical aspects of our daily activities

• It's only important for athletes

• So that we can perform fitness tests for the rest of our lives

When learning a new sport skill, which correctly describes the proper learning progression?

• practice, assess, correct, practice at a higher level, reassess

• assess, correct, practice, reassess, practice at a higher level

• practice, correct, assess, practice some more.

• practice, practice at a higher level, assess

Stability can be increased by:

• widening the base of support

• raising the center of gravity

• narrowing the base of the support

• all items listed are correct

Movements in this plane are rotational in nature, such as internal and external rotation:

• Frontal plane

• Sagittal plane

• Transverse plane

• Movement plane

Movements in this plane are sideways movements, called abduction and adduction:

• Frontal plane

• Transverse plane

• Sagittal plane

• Movement plane

Movements in this plane are the up and down movements of flexion and extension:

• Frontal plane

• Sagittal plane

• Transverse plane

• Movement plane