Pickup Game Rules That You Don't Like Vol. ?

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A stupid thread that i just posted in spurred the thought in my mind...i've thought ab it before, but never posted it

the "and 1" thing in pickup ball is garbage

You get fouled on a shot and basically have to decide if u think its going in or not so you should call "foul/ball/etc" and just get the ball back,or "and 1" so you can let the whole world know that you were fouled and still managed to score. The reason i say its garbage is because if you dohappen to miss, you don't get anything out of it. Theres no solution that i can really think of since going to the line for free throws in a pickup game isjust
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, but you do find the dude on occasion that plays with that noeasy buckets type of mentality. And by that i don't mean good d....i mean dirty d (no herpes.)

Another thing that i don't really mind, but find pretty odd is not taking it back when theres an airball (or some people play when it doesnt hit rim.) Idon't mind the rule, i just find it very random. But after giving it some thought, i guess its to be sort of like a fastbreak chance.

And correct me if i'm wrong, but when you go up with the ball for a shot/layup and someone basically stuffs it down before you can release it, isn't itsupposed to be a jump ball. I know that nobody will ever have a jump ball in a pickup game, but i've seen people get called for an up and down every timeit happens.

I never really understood playing winners ball. When you score, its supposed to become the other persons ball. This isnt volleyball. I don't really mindit...but now that i think about it, its pretty stupid.
 
Originally Posted by BullsRepeat3Peat

we didn't play with fouls when I used to play pickup games in Chicago
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tufff guy over here

haha jk.So apparently its not just the nba thats gotten softer, the basketball world as a whole has turned into ice cream. Damn david stern
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i never call fouls on the streetcourt.

i was playin a game the other day and this dude was callin carries and 3 seconds and all this wack @*%#
 
I'm growing tired of dudes just bullying their way into the lane and calling a foul every single time. Matter fact, I don't even play with these guys..

When i goto play pickup ball, i'm lookin for a nice european style of game -- good passing, quick passing, contested mid range jumpers... Just a fast,clean game with minimal contact anywhere but on rebounds. I'm not trying to blow my knee out at almost 23 years old, it's not worth it.

Nor is it fun playing with these dudes who just love to draw contact and get the ball back 10 times in a row (because they can never finish it, but can alwaysmanage to draw a foul.. go figure)... For one, it's not like you can take a charge in pickup ball, so there's no real remedy to these dudes puttingtheir heads down and driving (except to foul them, or at least bump them good)... And even if you do stand in there and take a good hit, you're justrisking getting yourself hurt (and still not getting the ball back b/c they'll call ball).

I just think the entire pick-up game needs re-examined... driving to the lane should pretty much be "at your own risk".. No calling fouls if youdrive into 3 guys standing in the paint.. sorry fella, you ain't d-whistle, nobody forced you to take it all the way to the rack when you could'vepulled up.. this ain't game 7 man, it's pickup - shoot jumpers in the half-court set son, you ain't getting to the FT line).

Anyways - that' just my pet peeve right now.. until there's some sort of way to retaliate against dudes driving head-down to the hole in pickup, youshould be able to get away with it like they do currently.
 
Originally Posted by nYcHipHopHippo

Originally Posted by BullsRepeat3Peat

we didn't play with fouls when I used to play pickup games in Chicago
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tufff guy over here

haha jk.So apparently its not just the nba thats gotten softer, the basketball world as a whole has turned into ice cream. Damn david stern
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not really it just depends on who you play against/with....
 
basketballl is a game of runs, hence possession.

usually, when playin pick up full, or half, if theres a jump, its defense ball. so if u get stuffed and the right call should be a jump, the other team getsthe ball. so it makes no difference if its called a jump or an up and dpwn because either way defense gets the ball.

and, if its game point you aint scoring a layup on me to win. i dont care if you end up on the floor and get upset. i expect the same. but at the same time, ifi intentionally foul i do try and do it as safely as possible. mind you the pickup games i play in everyone either plays pro in europe or is still playincollege ball so nobody wants to lose, and there aint gonna be no easy buckets ever.

if you throw up an airball you deserve to get scored on right away.


finally, i agree with your first point. and one / foul etc is the toughest part of pickup. determining who calls what etc... even in practice with the samedudes for the a few years we still end up arguing and fighting over fouls or someone whining etc etc. it never stops. basically why theres a ref in real games.
 
I never call fouls when I play..the only time I'd think about callin it is if its an obvious foul that had a huge effect on my shot...and even when thathappens I usually dont have to say ne thing its just automatcially throw back up top to be checked...
 
Originally Posted by Craftsy21

I'm growing tired of dudes just bullying their way into the lane and calling a foul every single time. Matter fact, I don't even play with these guys..

When i goto play pickup ball, i'm lookin for a nice european style of game -- good passing, quick passing, contested mid range jumpers... Just a fast, clean game with minimal contact anywhere but on rebounds. I'm not trying to blow my knee out at almost 23 years old, it's not worth it.

Nor is it fun playing with these dudes who just love to draw contact and get the ball back 10 times in a row (because they can never finish it, but can always manage to draw a foul.. go figure)... For one, it's not like you can take a charge in pickup ball, so there's no real remedy to these dudes putting their heads down and driving (except to foul them, or at least bump them good)... And even if you do stand in there and take a good hit, you're just risking getting yourself hurt (and still not getting the ball back b/c they'll call ball).

I just think the entire pick-up game needs re-examined... driving to the lane should pretty much be "at your own risk".. No calling fouls if you drive into 3 guys standing in the paint.. sorry fella, you ain't d-whistle, nobody forced you to take it all the way to the rack when you could've pulled up.. this ain't game 7 man, it's pickup - shoot jumpers in the half-court set son, you ain't getting to the FT line).

Anyways - that' just my pet peeve right now.. until there's some sort of way to retaliate against dudes driving head-down to the hole in pickup, you should be able to get away with it like they do currently.
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I disagree. I hate when dudes are takin' wild jumpers in pick-up games. You've gotta understand that some dudes don't understand what shotselection is, and I'd much rather people go to the basket, where they have a chance at a lay-up, or at least draw a double and kick it out for an openshot. The worst is when 1 guy on your team is jackin up contested threes the whole game and you're out there just trying to touch the ball (nh)
 
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Originally Posted by Craftsy21

I'm growing tired of dudes just bullying their way into the lane and calling a foul every single time. Matter fact, I don't even play with these guys..

When i goto play pickup ball, i'm lookin for a nice european style of game -- good passing, quick passing, contested mid range jumpers... Just a fast, clean game with minimal contact anywhere but on rebounds. I'm not trying to blow my knee out at almost 23 years old, it's not worth it.

Nor is it fun playing with these dudes who just love to draw contact and get the ball back 10 times in a row (because they can never finish it, but can always manage to draw a foul.. go figure)... For one, it's not like you can take a charge in pickup ball, so there's no real remedy to these dudes putting their heads down and driving (except to foul them, or at least bump them good)... And even if you do stand in there and take a good hit, you're just risking getting yourself hurt (and still not getting the ball back b/c they'll call ball).

I just think the entire pick-up game needs re-examined... driving to the lane should pretty much be "at your own risk".. No calling fouls if you drive into 3 guys standing in the paint.. sorry fella, you ain't d-whistle, nobody forced you to take it all the way to the rack when you could've pulled up.. this ain't game 7 man, it's pickup - shoot jumpers in the half-court set son, you ain't getting to the FT line).

Anyways - that' just my pet peeve right now.. until there's some sort of way to retaliate against dudes driving head-down to the hole in pickup, you should be able to get away with it like they do currently.
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I disagree. I hate when dudes are takin' wild jumpers in pick-up games. You've gotta understand that some dudes don't understand what shot selection is, and I'd much rather people go to the basket, where they have a chance at a lay-up, or at least draw a double and kick it out for an open shot. The worst is when 1 guy on your team is jackin up contested threes the whole game and you're out there just trying to touch the ball (nh)
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Not my point at all man.

Obviously I dont' want herbs on my team jackin crappy shots either, but that has nothing to do with the guys who bully their way into the lane and DRAWcontact so they can chuck a prayer and get the ball back time and time again.
 
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LMAO That video was hilarious. Its funny because the always fouls guy and the never fouls guy are always the same damn person.

Personally I dont have many problems with pick up ball. Foul calls get pretty controversial but if you play without them theres no limits to what people cando.
 
^^^ that video is hilarious
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getting fouled every time guy had me. "we're not even playing man" lmao
 
I never call foul. It's a problem because people know that I don't and will intentionally foul me hard, but I still finish most of the time or eitherit's so hard of a foul I don't have to call it anyways. I hate that people will be fouling me all game, then when I get an offensive rebound or a stepon them and am bout to score they just tap you and be like, "your ball, up top, I gave it to you."

I hate people that just yell out a bogus call to stop a fastbreak and then make the team that just recovered the ball take it up top.

Offensive fouls, loose ball fouls, over the backs, palming violations unless very very aggregious, 3 seconds, illegal screens, and handchecks should not becalled again unless very aggregious. I play strong enough that going for a loose ball, you can't just knock me over or if you push me off on a chase,I'll push you off, etc. Play like men.

I hate "no dunking" too. I blame that for the loss of my hops. They got really anal about it at all the gyms I hoop at and I didn't even try todunk for like yrs. They were kicking kats out banning them for life, even calling the military police. They'd kick you out if you jumped too high on afinger roll or layup, no exaggeration.
 
Offensive fouls, loose ball fouls, over the backs, palming violations unless very very aggregious, 3 seconds, illegal screens, and handchecks should not be called again unless very aggregious
You can't really like call these though... i mean you'll get laughed at usually. Like this one dude last week was in the lane everytimedown for at least 20 seconds.. sometimes close to a minute. That's just ridiculous.. you know nobody's gonna fuss if you in there for 5, maybe even 10seconds.. but at least step out and back in once in awhile, humor us ya know?

If you can even have guys respecting the rules of the game, you can't really hope for them respecting calls against them for it when they KNOW better inthe first place.
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Most of my life i've played possession, so it annoys me when if someone shoots an airball on my team then the other team just puts up a layup.

Just the way I grew up, always seemed cheap to play by rim.
 
Originally Posted by DatZNasty

I hate "no dunking" too. I blame that for the loss of my hops. They got really anal about it at all the gyms I hoop at and I didn't even try to dunk for like yrs. They were kicking kats out banning them for life, even calling the military police. They'd kick you out if you jumped too high on a finger roll or layup, no exaggeration.
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I read that and I knew right away you were talking about somemilitary gym. I get kicked out all the time for dunking on their hoops, but during the league games they allow it and I go all out.

Anyway, somebody tell me why...

Everyone plays with 1's and 2's. A 2-pointer (Shot behind the arc) is far more valuable than it actually should be, when you play2's and 3's.
 
'Make it, take it' is the only rule I can't stand. Whenever I hear people say that, I always think, "What, you can't play defense? Youhoping that the first time you score, you guys will keep the ball for a good little while and reel off 8 or 9 in a row?"

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Other than that, I really don't care.

Let's play.

I don't really care about 'make it, take it' enough to not play, either.

Let's just play.

Wait, I take that back. I've played with 2 guys before, 1 in Tennessee and 1 in Ohio, that called 3 seconds.

THAT... is annoying... and hilarious... as HELL.
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No, they weren't called on me, but they were called on my teammate both times. "Three seconds,that's our ball."

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Its not a rule but i hate playing with morons, plain and simple. When i go for layups i seriously get tackled in mid air, its ridiculous how these kids playtryin to contest and stop everything when they have no chance but the only way is for them to physically hurt you. Im 18 years old i dont want to break my heador leg because of some moron who doesnt know how to play.

Also hate the foul thing, some kids are so stupid when they get fouled then throw up the shot and wait to see if its goin in then when it doesnt they call foul10 seconds later. Its either you call it when you get fouled or you dont.
 
as much as possible, i ball at places where people know how to play. of course u gonna find new cats who dont know anything so i watch if can before i play. idont need people to be the best in the world when they play, just as long as they dont bust out with what we call "scrub rules" things that u guysmentioned and also were in that video is considered scrub like.

- dude that ties up another dude and then calls "first!" and when the argument breaks out, the same dude says, well shoot for it then. im just like
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and then i dont bother playin the next game with that dude or ever

- in a half court pick up game, if the shot is an air ball or doesn't draw rim, at our park ball is cleared at the top of the key. if new cats dont, wejust tell em. if they have a problem with it, they simply get put in their place

- the courts at the place we ball at are big, unlike some outdoor parks where the midcourt circle is almost touching the top of the key. the big courts iswhere the out of shape fat dudes or just the flat out lazy ones cherry pick. cherry pickers get smacked off the court and dont get picked up ever.

-mr handles but no shot and no pass dude also gets on my nerves.

- mr catch and shoot from anywhere on the court gets the stoneface

-dude that misses an easy lay up or get his%@@$ tossed and then decides not to get back on defense pisses me off too. to make it even worse, he gonna cherrypick and then he gets the basket , he'll start pounding his chest or some%@@$ acting like he a baller (even if hes on my team this pisses me off)

-along with the dude who has the worst gear, i HATE when a dude comes to the court with ALL the gear. fresh Js, matching jersey and shorts, head band (workaround his neck), wrist band around the calf muscle, wrist bands around his biceps and fake diamond earings to impress the ladies who are watching. plus he goton 2 cans of axe terrible

-likes to fight guy, usually a dude who plays hard and of course a bit out of control. when a guy reacts, dude immediately takes of his shirt and wants tothrow.


-"its my ball" guy who says he has to leave when the game is goin on and theres only one ball. we all poor so yea sometimes there can be 10 dudes andonly 1 ball



-once a dude has established himself as a scrub at the park by doing any of this nonsense, he is passed over when he has "next" and is also neverpicked up by any legit team
 
The player coaching is seriously annoying. You got these old 30-35 years old dude coaching you on how to play when he can't even make a shot to save hislife.
 
LOL at the video.

Yeah in response to DatzNasty. Playing at military gyms is whack cuz of that rule. Im not saying I dip on everybody or anything like that but on a fast break
all by myself it s too tempting. Then I get warned. Then I get kicked out lol

I agree and disagree with Craftsy21. Penetration is a big part of some people game. If your good at it, then go to your butter.
I must admit 10 up games Im gonna go to the rack unless I can kick it out for a nice shot. If I get contact I will call foul because half the time defendersare gonna foul you so you dont make the game.
But I feel you on how some cats go in reckless.
 
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