Basketball Streetball Rules

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From the weird thread about picking homosexuals to play ball. What is standard street ball rules, if I play at my university where this is always about 15 courts of pick up games going standard is first to 5 all baskets are ones, if I play with high school punks near my house they often play until 7. These games are always halfcourt 3v3 or 4v4.

Is this standard?

How about fouls, I am constanstly pissed off about playing streetball because I constantly get fouled in the post and make a basket fractionally after but the defence always calls the foul as before the shot, should the rules be only offence can call fouls.

[slickpoppa]

The first rule of street basketball is you do not talk about street basketball.

[BCPVP]

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How about fouls

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No blood, no foul.

[bruin]

It all depends on the court/area. Where I play, we play to 11 straight up (ones only), with no backcourt violation. Theri s no standard rule for pick-up ball.

As far as fouls go, someone has to knock me on my ass or basically hit my face for me to call a foul. Most people play like this, and it's kind of a mutual respect thing. Also, defense should NOT be able to call fouls the way you described them as doing so.

[CheckRaise]

Call your own fouls, don't be a bitch, one point per basket, play to 11, halfcourt. This is how we used to play.

[Stat Boy]

I always play to like 15 by ones. 7 or 5 is not enough to get in the game. Too many games decided by lucky shots and half court 7 point games are gonna be quick. I have never played where the defense calls fouls to get baskets overturned. Sounds like you play with a bunch of douches. Usually the arguments are about guys on offense calling bs fouls to bail themselves out, while douchy is somewhat understandable.

[-Skeme-]

1) Get a fat black man with a microphone to run around the court screaming OH BABY.

2) Figure out wicked cool names for each of the players.

3) [censored] defense.

[lapoker17]

rules vary widely geographically.

the rules at the courts where i play:

full court 5 on 5.
play to 12 - all ones - no win by 2.
no backcourt.
no continuation if the offensive player calls the foul.

[beenben]

where I play it's

+divide into eams
+to 10 by ones
+if there's 12 people sub every 4 baskets regardless of who makes (e.g. 4-0 2-2 or 3-1 and then other multiples of 4)
+offense calls the fouls
+no arguing fouls
+win the first game = stay. but two games and you sit, unless the team waiting lacks six people - then shoot free throws to see who stays on the new team;

At another place I've also played to 14 with 2s and threes;
no subs; defense calls the fouls.

at a third place you shoot free throws to see who plays.

e.g. no such thing as standard rules. there are also not standard rules for 21 (aka hustle).

It helps if you call screens. no one can agree on whether you're supposed to switch on the screen role or stay on your guy.

[jesusarenque]

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Call your own fouls, don't be a bitch, one point per basket, play to 11, halfcourt. This is how we used to play.

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