Street basketball (basketball 3x3, or Streetball) is a team sport in which players throw the ball in one basket attached at a height of 3 m 5 cm (10 feet) from the floor.
The creator of basketball, James Naismith http://masters.donntu.org
Street basketball is a sports game based on the rules of classic basketball, which is popular all over the world. In the US, basketball has become a cult sport; it has been played since 1891, when James Naismith, a Canadian physical educator at Springfield College, invented this game for his students. The first demonstration basketball competitions were held during the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. A big basketball tournament took place during the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, which was attended by the creator of the game, James Naismith.
In mid-twentieth century, basketball became a national sport in the United States. The American National Basketball Association (National Basketball Association, NBA) admitted only white players. African-Americans could not be enrolled in the NBA that led to the creation of Streetball.
Street basketball was born n poor African-American neighborhoods in the United States, in the 1950s. The main advantages of street basketball are the versatility and simplicity: the ball is thrown into one basket on a half court; the game is played with three players in each team; no referees are employed; violations and warnings are tracked by the teams themselves, and the place to play can be found almost anywhere.
Gradually, Streetball has grown from ordinary after work entertainment into an independent and popular sport. In 1956, basketball fan Holcombe Rucker held the first street basketball tournament in Harlem (New York). Soon these competitions became popular. America recognized and loved street basketball. Decades later, Rucker Park, the place chosen by Holcomb Rucker for competition, became the symbol of New York and bears his name.
World Basketball Stars
Streetball hit Europe at the end of the twentieth century, when in 1991 a street basketball tournament was held in France. The game was named "3x3 Basketball" and became popular around the world. Today, basketball associations are involved in the development of street basketball; street football federations have been established in some countries (for example, the Russian Street Basketball Association).
In 2007, the International Basketball Federation (Federation Internationale de Basketball, FIBA), together with the organizing committee of the Youth Olympic Games, decided to include street basketball in the Summer Games program. The new sport made its debut at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in August 2010. In 2011, the Youth World Championship was held in Italy. In 2014, the Russian Street Basketball Association organized the World Streetball Championship in Moscow. By the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), 3x3 Basketball was included in the program of the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
In 2008, an open Streetball tournament “I love this game” was organized in Minsk, in which 68 teams took part. In 2010, the Belarus national team took part in the World Streetball Championship held in Moscow and reached the ¼ final.
Since 2015, Belarus annually hosts 3x3 National League tournaments. In 2015, the European Youth Basketball Championship 3x3 was held in Minsk. The Belarusian teams were successful: the girls' team took the 2nd place; the men's team became the 4th.
In the summer of 2018, the capital of Belarus hosted the World Youth Basketball Championship 3x3 among girls under 17. In September 2018, the European Championship was held in Bucharest, where the women's team of Belarus competed among the 12 strongest European teams. The French team became the champions of Europe, and the Belarusian team, consisting of Arina Mosko, Darya Magalyas, Natalia Dashkevich and Anastasia Sushchyk, took 11th place.
The women’s team at the 2018European Championship: Darya Magalyas, Anastasia Sushchyk, Evgenia Stepanova, Natalia Dashkevich. http://bbf.by
In October 2018, the Belarusian women's team played at the 3x3 World Basketball Championship in China. Our girls were in the top five teams in the world. The national team of Belarus was represented by Anastasia Sushchik, Anna Lappo, Arina Mosko and Sabira Agayeva.
The 2018 European Championship Qualification http://bbf.by
The 2018 European Championship Qualification http://bbf.by
The 2018 European Championship Qualification. The Belarus team. http://bbf.by
Another international tournament, named “Palova. Snowball 3x3”, was held in Minsk in February 2019. Ten men's and eight women's teams from Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine took part in the competition. The Belarusian team consisting of Dmitry Koltunov (coach), Andrei Rogozenko, Dmitry Poleshchuk, Sergey Vabishchevich and Evgeny Belyankov confidently beat rivals and hit the podium. The team of Yuri Volk, Natalya Dashkevich, Daria Magalyas, Anastasia Sushchik and Evgenia Stepanova, became winners of the women's teams tournament.
Logo of the Belarusian Basketball Federation. http://bbf.by
The Belarusian Basketball Federation is engaged in the promotion and development of 3x3 Basketball in the Republic of Belarus, preparing athletes, organizing and conducting various kinds of basketball competitions. Official site: http://bbf.by.
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Information resources:
- Belarusian Basketball Federation
http://bbf.by/novosti/basketbol-3kh3 - Russian Street Basketball Association
http://streetbasket.ru/association/dokumentyi/oficzialnyie-pravila-igryi-fiba-3x3 - Прессбол. – 2017. – 11 октября
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