Patent ID: 7935010

Claim:
A method of playing a team sport in which two teams attempt to score goals at opposite ends of a court, the method including the steps of: providing a court and rules determining the layout of the court, the length of time for a game and various plays during the game, and penalties; providing a back-stop at each end of the court at ground level, each back-stop with a base having an upper surface, the base including a positioning element on the upper surface for receiving a goal pin thereon, a backboard attached to a rear edge of the base, the backboard extending upwardly from the rear edge of the base; and providing a free-standing elongated goal pin with a bottom end constructed to be positioned on the positioning element on the upper surface of the base with the goal pin in an upstanding position; starting a game on the court with a game ball and two teams; either of the two teams upon gaining possession of the game ball becomes the possessing team and the other of the two teams becomes the opposing team, the possessing team must pass the ball between the possessing team's players a minimum number of times before an attempted shot on the opposing team's goal is made, and any player on the possessing team must not possess the ball for a time greater than a time specified by the rules; and a goal includes knocking down the goal pin of the opposing team from the upstanding position.