What is a basketball?

Question

What is a basketball?

Answer 1

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m) high hoop (the goal) under organized rules. Basketball is one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in the world.

Points are scored by shooting the ball through the basket above; the team with more points at the end of the game wins. The ball can be advanced on the court by bouncing it (dribbling) or passing it between teammates. Disruptive physical contact (fouls) is not permitted and there are restrictions on how the ball can be handled (violations).

Through time, basketball has developed to involve common techniques of shooting, passing and dribbling, as well as players' positions, and offensive and defensive structures. Typically, the tallest members of a team will play center or one of two forward positions, while shorter players or those who possess the best ball handling skills and speed, play the guard positions. While competitive basketball is carefully regulated, numerous variations of basketball have developed for casual play. In some countries, basketball is also a popular spectator sport.

While competitive basketball is primarily an indoor sport, played on a basketball court, less regulated variations have become exceedingly popular as an outdoor sport among both inner city and rural groups.

A basketball is the ball the player use to score.

Answer 2

WOW! Are you serious right now? You mean to tell me you know how to surf the internet and post this question, but you don't have any idea what a basketball is? Is your computer locked in the basement or something? If you really needed to know the answer to this one, you should have looked it up yourself and saved yourself the embarassment of getting ripped for asking such a dumb question.

Answer 3

your head

Answer 4

a basketball is a spherical ball used to play basketball. they come in different size and type.

and joke question right?

Answer 5

please be joking

Answer 6

a basketball is a leather ball that has air in it and people play a game also call "basketball" with it. they dribble it, shoot it,pass it, etc.

Answer 7

basketball is a ball used in the game also called basketball that is played between two teams or sides. . the object of the game is to shoot the ball through a basket to score point/s and the winner is the team/side that scored the most points.

Answer 8

OMG

here these are the pictures of basketballs

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=...

you dribble it and then you shoot it in a hoop

here this will help ya

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball