Basketball Rules Guide: Offense, Defense and Kids' Drills

Basketball rules for traveling and offensive fouls can be complex for beginners and kids. Improve your game with middle school tryout drills and understand the physics behind player hang time.

How to Blow Up a Basketball Without a Pump

Not everyone who owns a basketball keeps an air pump of some type on hand. Possibly this is because basketballs tend to maintain inflation for long periods of time. Then, one day you retrieve the ball from a closet only to find it needs air.

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How to Put Grip on Worn Out Basketball Shoes

You have a couple of options for improving the grip on your worn-out basketball shoes. The first is having the shoes resoled by a repair service that specializes in sports shoes. Typically, shoe services include patching and re-stitching the uppers as part of the service.

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