Basketball

Basketball is a great sport to play even after growing up. This is because you don't need so many people to play. Even 4 people is enough to play 2 on 2. We'll cover both playing and watching basketball in this session.

Here are basic ways to say you want to play basketball.

"I want to play basketball. We should round up the guys and play."
"We haven't played basketball in a long time. Let's get something going."
"When are you guys going to play basketball again?"
"Anybody up for a game of basketball?"
"Let's go down the street and play some basketball."
"I've been itching to play basketball for a while."

Shooting hoops is a terminology a lot of people use when referring to basketball.

"Let's go shoot some hoops."
"Do you wanna go shoot some hoops?"
"I'm going to shoot some hoops with the guys. You wanna come?"

Common expressions about basketball.

"Basketball is my favorite sport."
"I like to play basketball."
"I get a good workout playing basketball."
"At the gym, I play basketball with a lot of guys."
"I'm out of shape to play basketball."
"Running up and down the court is too tiring for me."
"I need to get in shape to play basketball."
"I'm going to play basketball this weekend."
"I have a 36 inch vertical."

"Where do you guys go to play basketball?"
"Are there any basketball courts around here?"

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