How To Play Pig and Improve Your Basketball Skills

  • November 18, 2009
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Playing PIG is a good option for when you’re not in the mood to sweat but still want to prove that you’re king of the court.

You Will Need

  • Two or more players
  • A basketball
  • A basketball hoop
How To Play Pig and Improve Your Basketball Skills: Pick who goes first

Step 1: Pick who goes first

Decide who goes first, or if you have more than two people, decide on the complete order.

How To Play Pig and Improve Your Basketball Skills: First player shoots

Step 2: First player shoots

Have the first player take whatever shot he chooses.

How To Play Pig and Improve Your Basketball Skills: Other players attempt shot

Step 3: Other players attempt shot

If the first player makes the shot, then each other player has to attempt the shot from the same place and in the same style. If someone misses, they get the first letter – P.

How To Play Pig and Improve Your Basketball Skills: Second player attempts shot

Step 4: Second player attempts shot

If either the first player initially misses, or every other player makes his shot, then it’s the second player’s turn to attempt a shot for everyone else to mimic.

How To Play Pig and Improve Your Basketball Skills: Add letters when player misses

Step 5: Add letters when player misses

Repeat steps 2 through 4 for each shooter, then go back to the first person. Each time someone misses an attempt to copy a shot, they get the next letter in the word PIG.

Try to get players eliminated by making trick baskets: slam the ball on the ground and bounce it in, shoot from behind the basket, take a three-pointer with your eyes closed.

How To Play Pig and Improve Your Basketball Skills: If player spells P-I-G, he's eliminated

Step 6: If player spells P-I-G, he's eliminated

When a player has misses three times and spells out P-I-G, he is eliminated and the game continues.

If you want a longer game, try picking a different word than PIG.

How To Play Pig and Improve Your Basketball Skills: The last player is the winner

Step 7: The last player is the winner

The last player with an incomplete word is the winner, and by extension, king of the court.

A mother pig is called a sow, a father pig is called a boar, and a baby pig is called a piglet.

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HeatherMenicucci

Nicely shot!

over 2 years ago by HeatherMenicucci

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