Three-Lines Basketball

How to Play

• Have everyone stand in three single-file lines, one behind each cone.
• The first player in each line steps forward past the cone and turns and faces the next player in line.
• The three people that have stepped out are a team of three and will play defense.
• They will play in a half-court game against the next players in line behind each cone, who form another team of three.
• Other players in line wait their turn to play while cheering.
• The defenders get ready as the first offensive player, behind the middle cone, starts with the ball.
• This player passes the ball to one of her/his teammates to start the game.
• The object of the game is to be the first team to score.
• The following rules apply:
  • If a player shoots and misses, either team can rebound the ball and shoot again immediately.
  • When a point is scored the team that made the basket stays on the court to play the next three people in line.
    • The team that scored starts on defense.
    • The team that did not score returns to the end of their respective line.
  • If a foul is called, the player who has been fouled gets to throw the ball in from out of bounds.
• If a game is taking too long, have players waiting in line count down from ten, nine, eight, etc. At zero:
  • The last player holding the ball takes a free throw shot. If the player makes the shot, their team stays on the court.
  • If the player misses, their team returns to the end of the line, and the other team stays on the court.
• If a team wins three times in a row, they have earned three claps and return to the end of the line.