Knockout (game)

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Knockout (or Bump) is an activity that involves a basketball.

[edit] Playing Knockout

There has to be at least 3 players or more. There are two basketballs. The first two people have basketballs, and the first person shoots, then the next. If the second shooter can make their basket before the first person, the first person is knocked out. Some variants of knockout allow you to use your basketball to knock the ball away from the person who has shot in front of you, therefore enabling you to knock that person out. After a person makes their basket, he or she passes the ball back to the front of the line and goes to the end of the line to await his or her next turn unless he or she has been knocked out. In that situation, the person knocked out usually stands out of bounds to watch the remainder of the game. If the first player releases the ball before the second player,and the second players ball goes in before the first player's ball the first player is still in