Basic rules of basketball are pretty simple. Each team is allowed to only have five players on the court at one time. If you run or walk wit the ball that is called traveling. If you travel the other team gets the ball. If the person who has the ball steps or dribbles the ball out of bounds the ball goes to the other team. If the ball is thrown over the basket it is treated like a ball out of bounds. The team that threw the ball loses position of it.

 

Fouls

A foul is any time you make contact with another player. If you push somebody then that is a foul. A foul can be called if you: push, kick, reaching in, bad language, and un sportsmanlike. conduct

If the person with the ball is up in the air and you foul him, he gets to go to the free throw line and shoot two baskets. However if the shot was being taken from three-point range, the player will take three shots. If a player has accumulated six fouls that person is ejected from the game. That means they will not be able to play in that game again.

Scoring Basketball

In a basketball game when you make a basket it can be worth two points or three depending on where you shoot the ball from. There is an arch on both sides of the basketball court. If you shoot the ball and make it from inside the arch you get two points. If you make a basket from outside the arch you get three points instead of two. There are many other rules about basketball so if your interested check out a book from your library about basketball.

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