How to play
Hoop Shot
Shoot when the hoop lines up over your lane. Most baskets wins.
At a glance
- Players
- 1–4 at once
- Ages
- 4 and up
- Round
- About thirty seconds
- In the packs
- Core, Party, Little Kids
Controls
This one uses only the big button.
| What you press | What it does |
|---|---|
| Button 1 — the big button | shoot |
How a round goes
Thirty seconds. The hoop — backboard, rim and net — sweeps left and right above your lane, and every press sends a ball straight up. There is most of a second between shots, so it is a game of timing, not of mashing.
A ball that fits through the ring drops clean: a swish. One that clips the inside of the rim can still roll in; one that clips the outside kicks away. Wide of the ring, the ball meets the backboard and comes back down towards the middle — the bank shot.
Scoring and winning
One point per basket, swish or not. Most baskets wins; ties share.
With four players and the team row on, stations 1 and 3 play 2 and 4, adding their baskets together.
Tips
- The sweep speeds up as the round goes on; shoot a touch early rather than late.
- About two makes in five go in off the iron — a rattle is not a miss until it drops out.
- Three baskets in a row gets the crowd going.