You usually had two " guards" who played the " perimeter" and brought the ball up the floor. Numbering players, offensive terminology. The offense may retrieve the ball without penalty if deflected across by a defensive player. Once across this line (all three points - the ball and both feet), they may not pass or dribble the ball back across this line, or step on the line (while having possession) or the " over and back" violation occurs. Once a team gets possession of the ball, it has 10 seconds to get the ball across the half-court line into its fore-court. Your " fore-court" is the half-court with your basket, and the " back-court" is the half-court with the opponent's basket. It divides the " full-court" (entire playing area) into two " half-courts". " 10 second line", or half-court line, is the line down the center of the floor. Players cutting on the weak-side toward the hoop, are using the " back-door".
" Weak-side" is the opposite side away from the ball. " Ball-side" refers to the side of the floor where the ball is. The " short corner" is between the corner and the basket, about 12 feet out. The " top of the key" is above the free-throw circle (many years ago, the lane was not as wide as the free-throw line and circle, and so it looked like a key, or keyhole). The " point" is out front, and the " wings" on either side.
#Basketball lingo words free#
" High post" is that area along the free throw line, and both "elbows". " Low post" area is the area near the " block" on either side of the lane (or "paint" area), to about half way up the lane toward the free throw line. " Free throw line", ("charity stripe") is the line you must stand behind when shooting a free-throw.
There is no restriction on the time defensive players can occupy the paint. If your offensive player has a foot on, or inside these lines for 3 seconds or longer, he will be called for the 3-second violation. The " paint" is the area inside the lane lines from the baseline to the free-throw line. If any one has a term to add to this list, or disagrees with my definition, please email me.įirst, lets look at the "half-court" diagram to define areas of the floor. a "screen" and a "pick" (same thing to me). Realize that sometimes coaches don't completely agree on what something means, and sometimes we have more than one term for the same thing. This page will be like a basketball dictionary, defining basketball terms.
#Basketball lingo words tv#
A colorful TV commentator (Al McGuire and his "aircraft carrier", Dick Vitale, etc) come up with very colorful expressions, and it becomes part of the game. An expert coach uses some new term at a basketball camp, and it becomes part of the vernacular. How do we come up with all these terms? It is an evolutionary process over the years. Studying to become a doctor, you first have to know the names of all the parts before you can operate on them! A novice could listen to two coaches talking to each other and not have any idea of what they are talking about! This is true in almost any subject. Like any sport or discipline, basketball has its own language.
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