Basketball

Basketball BASKETBALL Basketball is one of thr most widley played and watched sports in the world. Neighborhood groups play basketball on playgrounds and in back yards. Orgabized teams play in elementry school, high school, and commmunity gyms. Skilled college and professional players attract crowds that pack huge stadiums. The game is played by two teams of five players each. Each team tries to score points by shooting a large ball into their raised basketlike goal at oneend of the court. Each teams also tries to prevent the other side form scoring. Nearly all elementry schools, high schools, and colleges in the United States have organized basketball teams. But a person can also play or practice basketball alone. By changing the rules, one to four-player teams may compete against each other. To play basketball, only a ball, basket, and level surface are needed. basketball, teams, naismith, game, rules, played, play, each, yes, sport, schools, school, players, groups, ymca, team, physical-education, one, high, ball, year, united, two, tries, training, states, shooting, professional, new, janitor, elementry, colleges, class, because, basket