Basketball Tactics That Matter

Basketball is an increasingly popular sport where two teams, usually of five players each against the other on a flat rectangular court, play against each other on an ever-changing rectangular field, striving for the ultimate objective of scoring a basket through the opponent’s hoop and preventing the other team from doing the same by knocking down their own hoop. The objectivity of basketball is to score the most points. For this objective, many different strategies are employed by the teams during play. These strategies are called tactics or strategies by other sports analysts and they differ from game to game and even from season to season. This article will examine some common tactics used by NBA players in games and how these tactics to influence the outcome of a given game.

The first tactic that we will examine involves fouls. Usually, when a player or a team fouls another player, a free throw attempt is made by that player. This is known as the free throw game and the foul results in one point being subtracted from the winning team’s score. Since the score is predetermined prior to the game being played, this serves to increase the tension and level of play in a basketball game played in the NBA.

The second tactic involves playing the “box”. In this game, the five players are seated around a rectangular shaped board that is positioned at the center of the court and is surrounded by a cage or a wall. Each player has to cover up his/her rack by sitting in a specified position such that their back, shoulders, and chest are covered by the board. There are rules governing the positioning of the box and its placement on the basketball court but it can vary according to the rules of each individual game.