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How To Play Basketball

In this article i will show you how to play basketball really well. To start off, i will teach you some basic rules!

Moving with the ball

In Basketball, you are allowed to run with the ball as much as you want and you only have to bounce it if you feel like it. Those players on T.V. only bounce it because they are show offs but it is much more efficient to just run holding the ball.

Travel and double dribble

It is important that when running with the ball, you leap about as much as you can to confuse your opponent. If you do decide to show off and dribble the ball, then you must make sure that you bounce, stop and hold the ball, and then bounce again. If you do not do this, then a travel or double dribble will be called on you and all your team mates get to punch you once each for free.

Fouls

Basketball is a contact sport and if you don't play with any contact then you are not playing properly. When defending an opponent, try and knock them off their feet, or even better, grab their hands and swing them around. When an opponent gets anywhere near you knee them in the back of the leg and push them over, this will give you an immense advantage (until they get up that is). When an opponent is in the air, run into their legs to bump them off course, the result will be them losing the ball and you having the advantage as they will be on the floor (ignore the screams of pain they let out, its just a distraction). When an opponent is going for a shot, make sure to hold their arms down as this means they can't shoot and you will get the ball (your results may vary).

Tech fouls and unsportsmanlike fouls

These are special fouls given to people who behave badly, this could mean, helping someone up when their down, giving people encouragement, Saying thank you to the refs at the end of the game etc... To make sure that you don't get one of these, make sure you swear at the ref as much as you can, if you hit them you get extra points for playing well. When on the bench, make sure you yell abuse as this helps everyone become more motivated.

Goals

You score a goal when you throw the ball towards the ring but don't hit it or the net. If you hit the ring or the net with the ball you are instantly disqaulified from the game, you score 100 points for scoring in the key and 1 point for scoring from the other side of the court.

I hope that this article has helped, so remember, practice everyday and make sure you stick to these rules (please note i am not responsible for any misdoings that you do on the court, this article s fake and shouldn't be taken seriously)