AY Honors/Basketball/Requirements
Skill Level
1
Year
1999
Version
04.11.2025
Approval authority
General Conference
1. Know the basic rules of basketball.
2. What is the meaning of “Good Sportsmanship?”
3. Define the following terms:
- a. Air ball
- b. Backboard
- c. Back court
- d. Front court
- e. Baseline
- f. Block
- g. Bounce pass
- h. Double dribble
- i. Dribbling
- j. Fake
- k. Fast break
- l. Field Goal
- m. Fouled out
- n. Give and go
- o. Inbound
- p. Intentional Foul
- q. Jump ball
- r. The Key
- s. Loose ball foul
- t. Man to man
- u. One and one
- v. Perimeter
- w. Pick
- x. Press
- y. Rebound
- z. Shot Clock
- aa. Steal
- bb. Team Fouls
- cc. Trap
- dd. Traveling
- ee. Turnover
- ff. Zone Defense
- gg. Center
- hh. Forwards
- ii. Guards
- jj. Jump shot
- kk. Lay up
- ll. Bank shot
- mm. Dunk
- nn. Hook shot
- oo. Free throw
- pp. Personal foul
- qq. Charging
- rr. Blocking
- ss. Technical foul
- tt. Three second violation
- uu. Five second rule
- vv. Ten second rule
- ww. Back court violation
- xx. Inbound violation
- yy. League
- zz. Three point shot
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the different skills required at each position.
5. Demonstrate reasonable skill in the following areas:
- a. Shooting from the free throw line
- b. Shooting from different positions around the basket
- c. Dribbling
- d. Passing
6. Spend at least 4 hours helping a less skilled or younger player improve their skills.
7. Play at least 5 games with family or friends. Show good sportsmanship during your practice and games.
8. Write a one page report on a famous basketball player. Discuss why they are or are not a good Christian role model.
9. Discuss with your Pathfinder leader, pastor or teacher the problems facing a Seventh-day Adventist youth considering sports in Jr. High, High School and college. What alternatives are there that allow for continued activity in sports.
10. Make a scale drawing of a basketball court properly laid out.
