Basketball is a sport played by two teams of five players on a court, with the objective being to shoot a ball through a hoop mounted 10 feet high at each end of the court. The document outlines various ball handling violations like double dribbling, traveling, and crossing the midcourt line into the backcourt with possession. It also discusses time violations such as staying in the free throw lane for more than 3 seconds, failing to pass the ball within 5 seconds of being defended closely, and taking over 10 seconds to advance the ball past midcourt. Finally, common fouls are explained like shooting fouls, technical fouls, reaching in, charging, holding, hand checking, blocking, and flagrant fouls.