Skills Challenge

The "7's Game" (often referred to as 7-Up) is a popular, fast-paced street basketball shooting game often played on playgrounds like Venice Beach to sharpen shooting skills and handle pressure. While typically played with 2 or more players, it is commonly played with 4 people to quickly determine a winner and a loser.

Rules of 7's Game (7-Up):

• Objective: Do not get 7 points. The first person to reach or exceed 7 points is knocked out, or in some variations, wins the round while others lose.
• Setup: All 4 players line up at a designated spot, usually the free-throw line or a three-point line, each with a basketball (or taking turns shooting).
• Gameplay: Players alternate shooting one at a time.
• Scoring ("In the Bucket"): If a player makes their shot, they add 1 point to the "bucket" total. If the following player makes their shot, the bucket increases by 1. If a player misses, they must take all the points currently in the bucket as their own score.
• Elimination: Once a player accumulates 7 or more points, they are knocked out of the game.
• Winning: The last player remaining without 7 points is the winner.

• 1 vs 1, first to 7 points or leading scorer after 10 minutes
• All 1's scoring — every bucket counts the same
• Call your own fouls
• Court moderator has final say
• Single elimination — lose and you're out

• Dribbling: Zig-zag dribbling through cones, speed dribbling
• Passing: Passing through a target
• Shooting: Jump shots from the elbow and layups
• Time Tracking: Cumulative time is calculated — shorter total times indicate better skills

Complete all four stations as fast as possible. The player with the lowest cumulative time wins.