Basketball 简介：

　　Basketball, the ultimate in team sports（最典型的集体运动）, can be played indoors and out, on a court or in the park. It doesn’t cost a lot to play, it isn’t complicated, and once you know how to play it, you can hang a hoop（设置一个篮圈） just about anywhere.

Starting Out 开始吧！

　　Basketball is a pretty simple game once you know a few rules. After you’ve learned the basic skills, you can walk up to any court and join a spontaneous pickup game（加入自发组织的一场比赛中去）.

Target areas 锻炼效果：

　　Basketball is a good cardiovascular exercise（心血管锻炼） and is great for building muscular endurance（耐力）. Since the game requires a lot of starting, stopping and sprinting, it helps strengthen the lower body（下肢）, especially the quadriceps（四头肌）, hamstrings（腿筋）, gluteus muscles（臀肌） and calves（小腿）. Dribbling（带球） and shooting（投篮） develop muscles in the arms and shoulders. Obviously, the fitness benefits increase with the pace of the game（很显然，锻炼效果随运动节奏的加快而增加）.