Women's Basketball: The New System Of Basketball

As people look back on the sport of basketball, most would notice it was once six on six instead of five on five. In case someone doesn’t know what basketball is, it is a sport where teams try to advance the ball and shoot it through one basket and to keep the opposition from scoring through the other. Women’s basketball has grown rapidly since the 1970’s. Until then, women and girls had been allowed to play only a six-player game in which offensive and defensive players were rooted to one half of the court (Basketball). It seems completely bizarre to even think about the game with twelve players on the court rather than ten. An abundant amount of things changed when they transitioned into the new system of basketball. Defense, offense, amount

The offense was so different when six on six was still going on. As a matter of fact, six on six basketball only had three girls on offense. They were considered the forwards. In fact, forwards were the only ones allowed to shoot the ball. The three girls that were on offense stayed on offense the whole time. With that in mind, never did those girls go to the other side of the court. When it came to dribbling the ball, only two dribbles were allowed. After that player took the maximum amount of dribbles, another teammate had to get open for a pass or that player had to shoot the ball (Tiffany and Cassy). Six on six basketball didn’t have three point shots. Everything was worth two points, no matter where the shot was taken from. Another thing, if the defense rebounded the ball, they had to get it to their teammates on the other side of the court without the other team stepping in front and getting the pass (Tiffany and Cassy). For free throws, they were worth the same amount of points, but they lined up differently on the side. Six on Six lined up below the big block. The block that is being mentioned is where the girls that play post usually post

During six on six, some girls scored sixty points a night. People don’t see that happening anymore. Some girls are lucky to get one thousand points in their high school career now. One girl from Ventura, Iowa, Lynne Lorenzen, scored 6,736 points in her high school career. Lynne played on the Ventura team that went to the state championship. Within four years, she scored that many points. That sounds completely insane. Kelly Meader, a teacher and coach from our school, got to play with Lynne (Tiffany and Cassy). That’s pretty cool getting to play with someone that has the all time record for scoring during six on six basketball. There is a girl who scored forty-four points one night this year already, but that’s really the most that has been reported this year for five on five. It doesn’t happen very often. Since there are five girls all on offense, more girls have the chance to score. When there were only three girls on offense, those three had to shoot more, so it made sense as to why they could score so much more than girls do