Basketball 101

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate (4)
  2. 6. A basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (5)
  3. 7. Someone in charge of training an athlete or a team (5)
  4. 9. Horizontal circular metal ___ supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball (4)
  5. 10. Team sport where you shoot a ball through a hoop (10)
  6. 11. A specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played (5)
  7. 14. The chief official who is expected to ensure fair play (7)
  8. 15. A cooperative unit (4)

Down

  1. 2. The act of ___ at targets (5)
  2. 3. The sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture (7)
  3. 4. A raised vertical board with basket attached (9)
  4. 5. Someone who has won first place in a competition (plural) (6)
  5. 8. A movement back from an impact (7)
  6. 9. An intermission between the first and second half of a game (8)
  7. 12. The state of demanding notice or attention (5)
  8. 13. The propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks (7)