This game played between two teams of five players each, the object being to
throw a ball through an elevated basket on the opponent's side of a
rectangular court. Players may move the ball by dribbling or passing with
the hands. The inflated, spherical ball is used in this game. It is played between two teams of five players each on a rectangular court, usually indoors. Each team tries to score by tossing the ball through the opponent's goal, an elevated horizontal hoop and net called a basket.