Basketball

3... 2... 1... BUZZ!! This is a sound you may here at a basketball game. Sounds exciting? Let's learn a little more about basketball, how to play, and the rules. Basketball is a sport where you shoot the ball into a hoop. When you score you get 2 points. If you score from a curved line called the three or back you get 3 points. 

In basketball only five player from each team is allowed on the court at a time, You need five on each team if you are playing in a league but if you are like playing with friends like street ball you can have as many as you want. 

The main goal in basketball is to dribble a ball down the court to the goal and shoot, you can not walk with the ball or it is a travel, neither can you dribble the ball with two hands and once you pick it up you have to shoot or pass, or it is travel but dribbling with two hands is a double dribble. 

Now I will tell you some of the rules starting with fouls. So if someone holds, grabs, slaps, or trips you it is a foul. The same is if you are shooting just you get two shoot two times but i will get more into that later. If you get fouled the other team that fouled you gets a foul and if you foul five times you get in bonus and get to shoot 2 shots each counts as 1 point and it is from the free throw line. A foul does not count to get in bonus if you are shooting, if you are shooting you get to shoot 2 free throw and each counts as a point. If you pick the ball up you can take two steps but the moment you take them you have to shoot it, another option is a pivot foot where you have a foot that you can move but once you get the foot you cant move you can not change unless you get rid of the ball and get it back, this allows you to aim for your two steps. 

Basketball is a fun, competitive, and breathtaking sport.