e to shoot foul shots. It can either be a personal foul of a technical foul. Each overtime period is 5 minutes long. There are two officials, the referee and the umpire. In college and pro, there are usually 3 to 4 officials. Only high school and junior high have 2 officials. The basketball is usually made of leather and not rubber. The ball must be a sphere only. Any other ball would probably not be accepted. College and pro team’s backboards must be made of glass. Most high schools are glass, but wooden backboards are permitted. “There are five players on a team a center, two forwards, and two guards.” “Some prefer to wear “low-cut” basketball shoes today.” “They also wear reversible jerseys.” “In basketball, players do not come up against each other as roughly, as they do in football, so basketball shoes are about the only protective equipment they need!” Team members must alternate in the lane lines when shooting a foul shot. Most of the time, there are two scoreboards: one at each end, a home side and a visitor’s side. The score goes in the middle of the scoreboard. The periods or what quarter it is goes on the bottom. If a student attends a rich school, they will have the names of the home team on one side and names of the opposing team on the other side.Another interesting fact about basketball is that only in the pro and college league is that if there is a tie ball, both teams will have a jump for it, but in high school they have a possession arrow that determines who gets the ball it alternates which way. When so many personal fouls happen, like when they get to 7, the team member that gets fouled gets to shoot one and one free throws. But once you get up to 10 fouls, you shoot two free throws. When you get to halftime, you start over though. A team member is only allowed 5 fouls in one game, and if they foul out, and the game goes ...
