The characteristics of American basketball play are: the combination of technology and special physical conditions, with individual combat and combined combat of several people as the main body.

American athletes have excellent physical fitness, fast speed, amazing bounce, good coordination, frequent high-altitude dunks and make-up baskets, and are good at using peripheral shooting to break through; Close-fitting press is often used in defense, which is aggressive; Rebounding is fierce, emphasizing the second attack and paying attention to individual combat.

American basketball fully embodies the characteristics of high, fast, accurate, skillful, good basic skills, high personal level and strong overall strength.

Basketball related terms:

1, Dunk: The athlete holds the ball with one hand or both hands, jumps in the air, and directly pours the ball into the basket from top to bottom.

2. Make-up: When the shot is missed, the athlete jumps in the air to make up the ball in the basket.

3, card position: the attacker blocks the defender behind him with footwork, this footwork is called card position.

4. Catch the ball: move in the passing direction to facilitate catching the ball.

5. Dislocation defense: The defender stands next to the attacker he is defending and prevents him from catching the ball, which is called dislocation defense.

6. Important position: The attacker blocks the defender behind him with his body and occupies a favorable position to catch the ball.