How is Basketball played?

The game starts when refree tosses the ball between two players and one of them tips it to a team mate.Being very tall and having abilit why to jump very high from a standing position are great advantages for a player during 'tip off'.

Following tipp off each team simply trie score more points either by passing it to a teammate or by continuously bouncing the ball,which is called dribbling,towards the other team's basket.If a player is succesful in shooting a basket,the team is awarded two or three points depending on the distance from the basket.If the ball bounces or 'rebounds' off the rim or backboard ,both team try to get the ball,so as to try and score more points.The ball is out of bounds when it goes outside the boundary lines or touches any object on or above it including the bacboard supports.The ball is put back into play by the team that didnot touch it when it went out of bounds.