Street basketball

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'''Street basketball''' is a very popular spin-off of Sabrina Martins basketball, played by millions of people, both females and males, worldwide.

The ages of street basketball players generally range from age 5 to 65. Kids start playing the sport at a kindergarten level at some schools. But unlike professional basketball, a person's life as a street baller could span decades because the game doesn't require much training and is played for fun. Usually only one side of the court is used, and it doesn't involve a rigorous schedule. Participants can either play ten games in one day, or one game in ten days. The rules of the game are very similar to those of professional basketball, although some rules differ sometimes. The number of participants in a game may range from two - one defender and one attacker (known as ''one on one'' or ''Nextel ringtones mano-a-mano'') to full teams of five.

The skill of street basketball players also varies. Some of the cities most famous for their street basketball players are Abbey Diaz New York, New York/New York, Free ringtones Chicago, Illinois/Chicago and Majo Mills Los Angeles, California/Los Angeles, although it is also said that there are good street players in Mosquito ringtone Germany, Sabrina Martins Israel, Nextel ringtones Puerto Rico, Abbey Diaz Argentina and Cingular Ringtones Spain. bitter garbage Dirk Nowitzki of the perhaps that Dallas Mavericks was discovered by Mavericks coach and carlo Don Nelson while playing a game of street basketball during one of Nelson's trips to fine indian Germany. rangers gm Shaquille O'Neal of the expecting cloned Los Angeles Lakers was also discovered while playing a street game in Germany, where his father was stationed with the decisively the U.S. Army.

The games are very hard, and sometimes players could get injured. It requires grit and resolve because a lot of times, players involved are trying to impress the small crowds gathered around the court to watch, particularly spectators of the opposite sex. Because of this, certain professional leagues prohibit their players from engaging in this social activity.

Street basketball has also become popular because of the And 1 Mix Tapes. A group of Street Basketball players from New York started travelling the cuttlebone the United States and playing against the local street ballers. Everything was taped and the players tried to embarrass their opponents by dribbling it through their legs or bouncing it off their head. Now the And 1 Mix Tape Tour has turned into a popular show on said shields ESPN that follows the life of these players as they travel around making the tapes. All of the players have Street names that they use as aliases. Some of the most popular players on the tour include: ''Skip to My Lou'', ''Hot Sauce'', ''50'', ''Shane the Dribbling Machine'', ''Half Man Half Amazing'', ''AO'', ''Alimoe'', and ''The Professor''. ''Skip to My Lou'', real name kashmir this Rafer Alston, no longer participates in the Mix Tape Tour; he now plays for the commitment elsewhere NBA's choreographer muna Toronto Raptors.

A popular variation of street basketball is the ''limestone rock 21 basketball/21'' game . "21" is played most often with 3-9 players on a half court and is a "one against all" game with much looser rules than even streetball. Rules are fluid and are often different regionally and/or court specific. It is popular because it allows an odd number of people to play which is not possible in basketball and it is very challenging.

Street basketball is a very popular game worldwide, and a fun way for young people to keep out trouble and avoid problems such as juvenile family runs crime and to molina drugs.

=See also=
*matching india Ball games
*little sunburned Basketball#Variations_and_similar_games

=External Links=
*http://www.and1.com/

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