Basketball And Other Ball Sports

Basketball And Other Ball Sports book cover — ContentsContents 4 Going for Gold 6 Soccer 10 Basketball 14 Tennis 18 Table Tennis 20 Field Hockey 24 Volleyball 26 Beach Volleyball 28 Gold Medal Greats 30 Glossary 31 Books and Web Sites 32 Index

Basketball And Other Ball Sports — page 1 — Going for Gold The Olympics is the greatest sports show on Earth More than 10,000 athletes or Olympians flock to one country where they live in an Olympic village and compete against each other during 17 days of unforgettable action The top performers win an Olympic gold silver or bronze medal for finishing in the top three of their event The women’s beach volleyball medal winners wave to the crowd at the 2008 Olympics In the center are gold medalists Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor from the United States Modern Games The modern Olympic Games began in 1896 in Athens They revived the sports contests held by the ancient Greeks at Olympia from 776 BC Today the Olympics are held during the summer every four years The host city and nation welcome thousands of spectators while hundreds of millions more watch on television Ball Sports Boom The 1896 Olympics included just one ball sport men’s tennis The winner John Pius Boland was in Greece on vacation and only decided to take part in the tennis competition at the last minute Today more than a thousand athletes take part in a range of ball sports both individually and on teams in every Olympics 4

Basketball And Other Ball Sports

Basketball And Other Ball Sports

An introduction to ball sports including field hockey, volleyball, tennis, and more. Also explains rules, records, and famous athletes.

About This Book

By: Clive Gifford

Illustrated by:

Published by: Amicus provided by the Creative Company

9-12Age Range

7.2AR

30Pages

BasketballSubject

1100LLexile

15-30 minsReading Time

ZGuided Reading

ZFountas & Pinnell

80DRA

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