When you play basketball you can't run with the ball in your hand in your hands. Another rule for basketball is that you can not tackle or rough contact, if so you will be removed from the fool and you can not play no more that day, this means you can not hit or do anything to cause damage to any players, or coaches. There are many more rules to the game one of those rules is a horizontal goal above the players heads.One more rule is that freedom of player to score any time, this means you can score any time you what and make points and baskets.