Ninh explains - The Rules of Slamball The object of the game is for your team to
score more points than the opposing team.
Slamball is a variation of the game of basketball that is played with trampolines or springbeds
built into the floor.
Slamball is played with two teams of 8 players, with 4 players on the court at any one time.
Teams usually consist of one stopper – who is responsible for guarding their own net.
A handler who moves the ball up the court and two gunners who are the high flyers who
score the points.
Once someone has won possession of the ball, they have up to 20 seconds (or 15 seconds
in some games) to shoot the ball towards the opponent’s basket.
Failure to shoot the ball within this time results in a shot clock violation, and the
other team is awarded possession of the ball.
The baskets are 10 feet above the ground on a court that’s generally about 97ft long
by 57ft wide with trampolines built into the floor.
To move the ball up the court, you can either pass the ball to a teammate … or dribble
the ball, where you bounce the ball up and down repeatedly whilst in motion.
To score points, a player must shoot the ball into the opponents’ basket.
You get two points for any shots scored within this arc.
If a player scores from a shot outside this arc, this scores three points.
And if you dunk the ball, where you forcibly put the ball into the net like so, this also
scores three points.
With the addition of the trampolines, this makes dunking a lot easier and there are many
gravity defying scoring plays.
The opposing team will try and take the ball off you by either blocking shots, rebounding
missed shots, or by stealing the ball away from an opposing player so that they can score
themselves.
The game is played in 4 x 5 minute quarters for a total playing time of 20 minutes.
The highest score at the end of time wins.
There are no ties in Slamball, so if the scores are tied at the end of regulation, overtime
periods will be played to determine the winner.
If you understand Basketball, Slamball is an easy game to grasp, but there’s a few
other things you need to know before playing or watching Slamball.
For example.
Substitution – Unlike Basketball, there are unlimited substitutions that can be made
at any time, on the fly, at the designated substitution area.
Reset – once you enter the trampoline area with the ball, you cannot leave and then carry
on dribbling.
One way to get around this is to use the barriers to pass the ball to yourself, which is perfectly
legal in Slamball, but illegal in Basketball.
This is known as a reset.
Three in the island – very similar to basketball, a player cannot stay in the islands, which
is this section between the trampolines, for more than three seconds with or without the
ball.
Stay more than three seconds and the ball is awarded to the other team.
Defending – a defender may use the springbed directly below the basket to try and stop
the ball from going in.
He is allowed to make contact with the arm or hand so long as he is trying to get the
ball.
Any contact with the opponent’s torso results in a foul.
Popcorn – this is where a player intentionally disrupts the bounce of another player on the
springbeds.
Doing so results in a foul.
Fouls – In Slamball, contact is allowed.
But take it too far and fouls will be awarded against you.
Illegal bodily contact that forcibly prevents a player from scoring results in a foul, and
once a player commits 3 personal fouls, he is fouled out and can no longer participate
in the game.
Faceoff – there are no free throws in Slamball, so if you commit a foul whilst the player
is shooting, a faceoff will be given.
This is a one on one contest between you and their stopper only, and you get given the
chance to try and score one on one.
There are many other rules not discussed here, so be sure to watch a few games to learn more.
And I f you’re still not sure, it might be worthwhile checking out my Rules of Basketball
video to get a solid grounding of the rules.
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