What is the game of basketball?

 What is the game of basketball?

What is basketball? Basketball is a game played between two teams of five players each on a rectangular court, usually indoors. Each team tries to score by tossing the ball through the opponent's goal, an elevated horizontal hoop and net called a basket.

What are some basketball games?

Here are plenty of H-O-R-S-E alternatives kids can play with just a basketball and a hoop.

• Knock Out. 1 of 12. ...
• Around the World. 2 of 12. ...
• Firing Squad. 3 of 12. ...
• Golf. 4 of 12. ...
• Musical Basketballs. 5 of 12. ...
• Sharks and Minnows. 6 of 12. ...
• Home Run. 7 of 12. ...
• Basketball Tag. 8 of 12.

How long is a game of basketball?

The duration of the game itself is 48 minutes (four 12-minute periods) plus a 15-minute halftime. But since the game clock stops frequently in basketball, games run an average of around 2 1/2 hours, unless they go into overtime

What are the main rules of basketball?

What Are the Rules of Basketball?

• Only five players per team on the court. ...
• Score more than your opponent to win. ...
• Score within the shot clock. ...
• Dribbling advances the ball. ...
• The offense has five seconds to inbound the ball. ...
• The offense must advance the ball. ...
• Ball and ballhandler must remain inbounds.

What activity starts a basketball game?

Every college and NBA basketball game begins with a jump ball. During a jump ball, two players stand on either side of a referee who then throws the ball up between them. Once the ball has reached the highest part of its arc, it is then free to be touched.

What is the game similar to basketball?

Netball

Netball is similar to basketball although the rules, equipment and team numbers are different. There is no dribbling; no running with the ball; 7 players; ball passed within 3 seconds; ball & basket slightly smaller; no backboard; players designated to certain areas.

How many periods are in basketball?

Basketball Period

There are four periods in an NBA game that last 12 minutes each, in FIBA basket and women's NCAA basketball, there are four, 10 minute long periods. In all those cases, periods are also called quarters, since it represents one quarter of a game.