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How To Deflate A Basketball?

Pro Tips to Deflating a Basketball in under a minute. 1. Remove Needle From Pump First step of deflating a basketball is to remove the needle from the pump. You will need this needle to remove the...

How Many Points Are A Free Throw Worth?

A Free Throw is worth ONE POINT in a game.  A team is given the opportunity to have a free throw when an opponent's player commits a foul. This can occur when a basketball player is fouled while at...

What Is Flopping In Basketball?

What Is Flopping In The NBA? A flop happens while a player, usually in basketball, exaggerates touch and falls backward in a try to simulate a foul. Soccer has made flopping famous, and basketball ...

How To Play 21 Basketball

21 Basketball Game is the name of a simplified variation of basketball. The game occurs with three (up to any number) players and makes use of a half-court most of the time. The game ends when one ...

How To Palm A Basketball?

Palming is the top-secret that pro players use to handle the ball with increased confidence in the court.  But don't get me wrong, by foisting, I don't mean putting the ball in your hand and contin...

How Much Do Professional Basketball Players Make?

Considered to be among the highest-paid athletes globally, NBA players comb in millions of dollars annually. Over the last decade or so the NBA has become one of the most popular sports in America,...

What is a Triple Double in Basketball?

Triple Double  In basketball, the term “triple double” refers to a player getting 3 stats that are in the double digits, in a single game. The most common form of this is points, assists, and rebou...

How Do You Spell Volleyball & Say Volleyball In Spanish?

How to spell Volleyball correctly? American and British English spellings of names do have some minor differences. This is how the most common version of how is spelled. How do you spell Volleyball...

How To Jump Serve In Volley

The jump serve is a type of serve in volleyball in which the serving player increases power and serve height by jumping to hit the ball. The extra motion created by a jump serve allows the server t...

Is Volleyball A Contact Sport?

Volleyball cannot be classified as a contact sport as the sport does not necessitate nor allow bodily contact between each participant, although it can happen. Instead, the terminology "contact" in...