How to Play Basketball Knockout

Series Summary

Basketball, b-ball, hoops—these are all names for one of the most popular games in America. Whether it’s professional play in the NBA, college games, the local high school team, a friendly one-on-one game, or outdoor at the playground, basketball is exciting and fast-paced, pitting player against player and skill against skill. Having strong fundamentals like dribbling, passing and shooting is the key to the success of any aspiring player or team. Though flashy dunks, trick shots, and showy dribbling are fun to watch and have their place, they often create a “superstar” mentality that ultimately hurts the team if not put in check. What makes basketball great is the combination of individual talent and team strategy, ultimately producing a match that’s sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. In this free video series on sports, a basketball coach offers instruction on shooting off the move. Get tips on fundamentals of dunking, zone defenses, boxing out, pump fakes and fade-away shots. Learn how to do spin moves, dribble between the legs and make a hook shot. Find out how to shoot hook shots, play knockout and tip in.

Video Transcript

"You know you have a variation of, of games that you can play that are not 5 on 5 basketball, or even 21. They're games that you kind of just have fun with, kind of like horse. One game is called knockout. Hi, I'm Travis, and this is exactly how to play knockout. Check it out. What you want to do is when you're playing knockout, now there's two different kinds. But for our concept, what we're doing is when you play knockout, you have, it really turns into a 1 on1 game. So, I'm playing against my opponent and we've established that we'll go to, let's say we're going to 5, or 3, let's say we're going to 3. First person with three wins, alright. So it's really a battle, this game becomes really furious because two players, you have both players fighting clawing, scratching to get, to get to that magical number 3. So, once that person gets to 3, he's eliminated, gets back in line, the next person comes up and that's how you play it. The next person comes up and we play it 3. It gets to be a battle, whoever's got the most wins at the end of the trial, at the end of the game wins the knockout. So, if we'll playing the 1, same premise. If we're playing the 1, first person who scores wins the game. And that person that lost, goes to the back of the line and wins for their turn to come up again and try to continue and rack up some wins. There you have it, playing knockout."