Rezball

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الموسوعة الحرة

Rezball or Rez Ball, short for 'reservation ball', also referred to as 'American Indian basketball' is a style of basketball associated with Native Americans.[1] It is particularly known at the high school level in the Southwestern United States.[2] Rezball has been criticized for possibly affecting Native American suicide rates, alcohol abuse, and assimilation into the broader American culture once outside of Indian reservations.[3]

Description

Rezball is a form of transition-based basketball that forces tempo with aggressive play, quick scoring and assertive defense that looks to force turnovers through pressing or half-court traps.[1] Rezball is not fully standardized between the variety of groups that play it. Many Native Americans learned how to play basketball while they were held in boarding schools by the Bureau of Indian Affairs during early Native American assimilation.[3] They made it their own by incorporating quick passing/scoring and extra running.[1] The sport that resulted from this eventually came to be known as Rezball.[3]

Notable high schools that are known to participate in Rezball

Arizona

New Mexico

Elsewhere

References

  1. 123Davies, Wade (2020). Native hoops: the rise of American Indian basketball, 1895-1970. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-2908-4.
  2. ↑"This High-School Hoops Team Is Transforming a Remote Nebraska Community". Men's Health. 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  3. 123Powell, Michael (2019). Canyon dreams: a basketball season on the Navajo Nation. New York: Blue Rider Press. ISBN 978-0-525-53466-2.