BASKET BALL

Basketball is a handball game usually played by two teams of five players on the court. A basketball is a spherical object that rolls and bounces. ... Basketball players mainly use skills such as dribbling, shooting, running, and jumping. The game is played between men's teams or between women's teams. The Rules Basketball is a team sport. Two teams of five players each try to score by shooting a ball through a hoop elevated 10 feet above the ground. The game is played on a rectangular floor called the court, and there is a hoop at each end. The court is divided into two main sections by the mid-court line. If the offensive team puts the ball into play behind the mid-court line, it has ten seconds to get the ball over the mid-court line. If it doesn't, then the defense gets the ball. Once the offensive team gets the ball over the mid-court line, it can no longer have possession of the ball in the area in back of the line. If it does, the defense is awarded the ball.