This is the basketball-based coin game which used to be played on classroom desktops. Of course you can play also on a table, coffee-table or simply on the floor. Once you have two players
and a coin, you are ready to go.
The two players sit on opposite sides of the table. The coin is tossed to decide who is going to attack first. Attacking player gets the coin. An attack comprises -at best- of four steps:
spinning, catching, making the basket, and shooting.
Spin: the attacker holds the coin vertically on the table with one finger. Then flicks it with another finger, causing it spin on the tabletop.
Catch: then the attacker tries to catch the spinning coin by capturing it between the two thumbs. When the ball is successfully captured, the attacker is ready to shoot.
Basket: at this point the opponent creates a basket by making a hole in his/her cupped hands, and pressing up his/her chest against the basket.
Shoot: the attacker, with hands on the desktop where he/she captured the coin, throws the coin to the basket. If the coin goes through the basket, the attacker scores two points. If your
table is large enough, you can draw a three points line and a successful shot behind this line scores three points instead.
Each attack comes to an end after the shot is made, when the coin stops spinning, falls from the table, or cannot be captured by attacker during the spin. When an attack is over, now
it’s the other player’s turn to attack.
It continues in this manner as players attack in turns. The game ends after a predetermined time (e.g. 10 mins) is over, or when a certain score is reached. Whoever has scored more points at
the end is the winner.
