Streetball - what's this? We are sorting out together!

Streetball is a sport that has grown out of basketball. Many mistakenly consider him just street basketball. Here, along with the standard rules, the show elements and various creative things are cleverly intertwined , mixing with the street culture and hip-hop. Let's see what streetball is, the rules of the game will now be known to you.

Site and team

The field for streetball is exactly half the basketball. It includes a line of free throws, an arc and a place for selection. The game involves two teams, each with 4 players. Three players on the court and one on the bench. Most often, the referee is followed by one referee and a secretary who fixes the time. Of course, it is better, if the game will serve two judges. By the way, the warm-up of the teams takes place simultaneously, and the one who opens the duel, is selected with the help of a coin toss.

Glasses

Probably one of the most important points of the whole game is the scoring. The ball, which players threw from the inside of the arc, is scored one point, and with the outer - two points. For every free throw that brought the result, the team receives one point.

Play time

The main playing time rarely exceeds 10 minutes. It is necessary to introduce a new concept: "clean" and "dirty" game time, which is determined by the judge or tournament organizer.
"Clean" time is defined as follows: the clock will stop as soon as the ball leaves the game for some reason. In turn, the "dirty" never stops, except for time-outs and the last minute. If both teams could not snatch the victory, then an additional time is assigned. He usually starts the team opposite to the one that played the ball in the beginning. Players who gained 2 points in extra time, bring victory. Also, if players do not appear on the court by the appointed time before the start, the defeat is counted.

Fouls and free throws

To begin with, remember that fouls are violations of the rules. Only four fouls in the team game are not penalized by free throws, and each individual player has no limit. Violations during a throw from the arc are punished with one blow from the opposing team, and outside the arc - with two shots. The team that has exhausted the number of fouls will also be punished with a penalty.

16 seconds

Streetball is a game that involves 16 seconds. This number appeared here not accidentally. The team players have exactly 16 seconds to make an attack. This time goes from the moment the attacker receives the ball in his hands. If there is no counter on the site, the secretary raises his hand. This gesture means that the team has only 5 seconds left to complete the attack.

Ball game

After the ball is in the basket, the player who misses the team begins to lead the ball or pass it to his teammate directly under the ring. Throwing a ball is considered a foul.

If the throw does not end with a hit in the basket, then the team that performs the attack selects the ball and does not take it beyond the arc. But if the ball is dominated by the team that played in defense, then they must take the ball.

If there is a loss or interception, then players should pull the ball out of the arc by sending or conducting. By the way, to do this, it's enough to get out of the arc with both feet. If the judge finds the situation controversial, then the ball passes to the defending team.

Time-out

Each team can get one time out in 30 seconds.

The most famous team

Streetball is a game that glorified the AND1 team. It includes only the best street players who travel around the world and always collect full halls and stadiums, street courts. For them, streetball is life. They are distinguished not only by an amazing tactic, but also by mutual understanding between each other. Each player is individual, and their joint work looks like a real, well-planned and staged show that many people want to visit. Every year they tour Europe, America and Asia.

It all started with the fact that a lean guy came to one of the famous sites and began to get up with the ball just unimaginable things. His name was Rafael Alston. Soon he became a real attraction of this place, tricks in his performance amazed absolutely everyone. Soon the video with its best moments turned out to be in the young company AND1, which released the sports form. This cassette became a free supplement to the company sneakers. So everyone knew about the guy with amazing hands, and the company realized that unrecognized stars are what she needs. They were looking for the stars, those for whom streetball is the game of all life, and they found it. Very soon they were found Phillip from Atlanta and Allen from Philadelphia. The fact that these guys got up with the ball, shocked everyone. The company quickly signed a contract with them and released the next tape. It was after her that everyone started talking about streetball and AND1 in particular. All street players were suddenly tempted to get the shape of the already legendary company. Of course, there are those who believe that streetball is not a circus or tricks, but there are more admirers of this movement. In any case, there are no indifferent.