Rockets

Basketball - Club/CountriesHouston Rocket:

Houston Rocket is a professional basketball team in Texas. It is in western group in the NBA. The team was born in 1967, in San Diego. After 4 years, the team moved to Houston.

The beginning of Rocket wasn’t smooth, they lost St. louis Hawks just by 1 point. the starter of Rocket in that game was John Block(C), Don Kojis(PF), Jonny Green(SF), Mcglockin(SG) and John Barnhill. After Houston moved to Houston, Wayne Duddleston and Billy Goldberg bought Houston Rocket. But people didn’t come to watch Rocket playing game a lot. Houston likes football more. But Rocket was getting better and better. In 1976~1977 season, Moses Malone came to Rocket and they won 49 games and lose only 33 games. They won the champion in the western part. But unfortunately, Sixers have beaten Rocket. Rocket have got the first champion in 1994. Rocket beaten Orlando Magic 4:0. In 2000, there is a brand new Rocket team. Moses Malone is gone, and every member in Rocket team is almost changed. After 2 years later, Yao Ming came to Rocket. Rocket have changed, and they were ready to have a big fight. In the season of 07~08, Rocket have create the second best record in the league, the best in the Rocket history, They win 22 games in the roll, just before Lakers. After 2 years, since McGrady got injury and Artest had gone to Lakers, Rocket have never played such a good record.

2) CBAName: CBAPlayers: Chinese players and a few of foreign players.

Champions：From 1995~2011, the teams have won the most champions is Ba Yi and Guang Dong.Outstanding players: Yao Ming, Yi, Sun Yue, Wang Zhi Peng and etc.Main places: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou.

3)Basketball world cup

Men

1950 Argentina1954 United States1959 Brazil1963 Brazil1967 Soviet Union1970 Yugoslavia1974 Soviet Union1978 the former Yugoslavia1982 Soviet Union1986 United States1990 the former Yugoslavia1994 United States1998 the former Yugoslavia2002 the former Yugoslavia2006 Spain

Women2006 Australia2002 United States1998 United States1994 Brazil1990 United States1986 United States1983 Soviet Union1979 United States1975 Soviet Union1971 Soviet Union1967 Soviet Union1963 Soviet Union1959 Soviet Union1957 United States1953 United States

Men’s OlympicThe top three Olympic Games Men's BasketballYear Champion Runner-up Runner-up1936 United States, Canada and Mexico1948 USA, France and Brazil

1952 United States Uruguay USSR1956 United States Uruguay USSR1960 Soviet Union, Brazil, United States1964 Soviet Union, Brazil, United States1968 USA and Yugoslavia Soviet Union1972 Soviet Union, USA and Cuba1976 USA and Yugoslavia Soviet Union1980 Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and Italy1984 USA, Spain and Yugoslavia1988 Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and USA1992 USA, Croatia and Lithuania1996 USA, Yugoslavia and Lithuania2000 USA, France and Lithuania2004 Argentina, Italy and USA

Women’s OlympicOlympic Games women's basketball top three:Year Champion Runner-up Runner-up1976 Soviet Union, USA and Bulgaria1980 Soviet Union, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia1984 United States Korea China1988 USA and Yugoslavia Soviet Union1992 CIS, China, USA1996 USA, Brazil and Australia2000 USA, Australia and Brazil2004 USA, Australia and Russia

Venue in Men’s World cup1950 Argentina1954 Brazil1959 Chile1963 Brazil1967 Uruguay1970 the former Yugoslavia1974 Puerto Rico1978 Philippines1982 Columbia1986 Spain

1990 Argentina1994 Canada1998 Greece2002 United States2006 Japan

Venues in Women’s World cupFirst Women's Basketball World Championship 1953 Location: Chile

Women's Basketball World Championship 1957 Second place: Brazil

1959 Basketball World Championship third place: the former Soviet Union

Basketball World Championship 1964 Fourth Place: Peru

Basketball World Championship 1967 Fifth place: Czechoslovakia

Sixth Women's Basketball World Championship 1971 Location: Brazil

Seventh Women's Basketball World Championship 1975 Location: Columbia

Eighth place in 1979 World Championship Women's Basketball: South Korea

Ninth Women's Basketball World Championship 1983 Location: Brazil

Basketball World Championship 1986 Tenth place: the former Soviet Union

Eleventh Women's Basketball World Championship 1990 Location: Malaysia

Basketball World Championship 1994 Twelfth Location: Australia

Thirteenth Basketball World Championship 1998 Location: Germany

Fourteenth session of the Women's Basketball World Championship 2002 Location: China

Fifteenth session of the Women's Basketball World Championship 2006 Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sixteenth session of the 2010 Women's Basketball World Championship Location: Czech Republic

4) Chinese’s professional basketball teamsGuangdong, Xinjiang, Zhejiang, Shanghai,

Liaoning, Jiangsu ， Fujian, Bayi, Shandong, Dongwan, Tianjin, Jilin, Shanxi, Beijing, Qingdao,

Fuoshan.

Yao Ming play in Shanghai now, and he is also the boss of that team.

There is a team in Beijing. It is called

Beijing JinYu. This team was established in 1988, it joined CBA in 1988. The logo is duck.

Player Name, Number, Date of Birth, Position, Height Weight6 ,Li Xuelin, January, 1984, guard, 1.73M, 75KG9 Wang Xiao-hui, In March, 1990, guard ,1.96M, 80KG12, Chen Lei, January, 1983, forward 1.95M, 93KG32, Morris, January, 1986, center, 2.11M, 118KG1, Abbas, November, 1983, power forward 2.03M, 95KG55, Sun Ming Ming, August, 1983, center, 2.27M, 135KG7, Xie Libin, August, 1985, guard, 1.9M, 85KG13,Men Wei, January, 1984,small Forward 1.95M, 88KG51,Ji Zhe, October, 1986, forward, 2.02M, 110KG21, Chen Dong, January, 1989, guard, 1.85M, 70KG

The position of 08 Olympic Men’s basketball：1, the U.S.A2, Spain3, Argentina4, Lithuania5, Greece6, Croatia7, Australia8, Chinese9, Russia10, Germany11, Iran12, Angola

The position of 08 Olympic Women’s basketball:1. United States2 .Australia3 .Russia4 .China5 .Spain6 .Belarus7 .Czech Republic8 .South Korea9 .Brazil10. Latvia11 .New Zealand12 .Mali

The position of 08 Paralympics Men’s basketball1st: Australia2nd: Canada3rd: England

The position of 08 Paralympics women’s basketball1st: USA2nd: Germany3rd: Australia

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Bibliography1)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets

2) Baidu Answers3)Baidu Answers

4)http://baike.baidu.com/view/1234860.htm

Volleyball

•In the Olympics there have been 12 winners for men and 12 winners for women – who are they?

Men’s

1964－Soviet Union

1968- Soviet Union

1972- Japan

1976- Poland

1980-Soviet Union

1984- USA

1988- USA

2004- Brazil

2000- Yugoslavia

1996- Holand

Women’s

1964 Japan, Soviet Union, Poland

1968 Soviet Union, Japan, Poland

1972 Soviet Union, Japan, Korea

1976 Japan, Soviet Union, South Korea

1980 Soviet Union, East Germany, Bulgaria

1984 China, USA and Japan

1988 Soviet Union, Peru and China

1992 United States Soviet Union Cuba

1996 Cuba, China and Brazil

2000 Cuba, Russia and Brazil

2004 China, Russia and Cuba

•Give the definition for the following 11 terms:

Rotation

You rotate in a clockwise direction one position every time you get the ball to serve.

Although, once you get better and have a specified position, rotation gets more complicated so that

players play their position.

Setter

Similar to Point guard in basketball, quarterback in football. She/he is in charge of the

offense. She/he decides who should get the ball and when. It doesn't matter how good a team's

hitters are if it doesn't have a setter that can consistently deliver a good ball to hit. The setter is

a very important position in volleyball.

Spike

It is a skill of offending. in volleyball, a spike shot is a shot performed in order for the

ball to travel faster and to also make it harder for opponents to defend the shot.

Dig

A dig is a way of passing the volleyball back from a starting down low position - "digging"

under the ball - and the ball is either passed or spiked back. It is most often used to prevent

someone's spike from hitting the ground.

Ace

An ace is when Team 1 serves the ball and Team 2 is unable to return it. It hits the floor

without anyone on Team 2 touching it.

Kill

Kill is a force of hit that makes the return impossible.

Double Hit

when one player touches the ball two times in a row. a double is also called when a player

sets the ball and their hands are uneven.

Libero

The libero is a player specialized in defensive skills: they must wear a contrasting jersey

color from their teammates and cannot block or attack the ball when it is entirely above net

height. When the ball is not in play, the libero can replace any back-row player, without prior

notice to the officials. His or her replacements also do not count against the substitution limit each

team is allowed per set, although NCAA rules only allow the libero to be replaced by the player

whom she/he replaced.

Pass

There are only 2 passes in a row, after 2 passes, you have to hit the ball over the net.

Set

A ways of passing.

Side out

It is regular term for old v-ball rule when you win on other team's serving game to

take back the serving rights in order to win points.(on old rule, you don't get points on side-

out, but only on your serving game) Now, Side-out becomes a history, but people may still

apply it to a receiving game.

•Using diagrams explain how to do the following skills

Serve(overhand)

When you are serving overhand. You should stand straight first. Then toss the ball up(a

little forward), step your left foot forward, and use your palm to hit the ball.

Dig

When you are digging, your arms should be absolutely straight and you should put your arms

together. The ball must be hitten to your arms, not hands. your hands should be like this:

Set

Setting is a way of passing

the ball, like digging. When

you set, your wrists must be

relaxed. When the ball touch

your hands, ur hands recoil

and your arms push the ball

up.

Spike

spike is when you offending, you

smash the ball over the net. You

spike often after someone pass to you. When the ball is falling down, you jump as high is you can

and us your arm’s power to smash it over the net.

•What is the height of the net for men and women? (metric – in metres)

for womens volleyball net: 2.24 m

For mens volleyball net: 2.43m

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2)http://www.bookrags.com/

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3）http://wiki.answers.com/

Q/Double_hit_in_volleyball

4)http://volleyball.about.com/od/volleyball101/a/Libero.htm

5)http://www.wikihow.com/Set-a-Volleyball

6)Pictures: Google images