Ngitshele ukuthi la magama ahlobene yini nethenisi, i-hockey, noma i-basketball: i-alley oop, isibhamu esisheshayo, i-serve, isibhamu esisheshayo, i-lay up, isibhamu esisheshayo.
I-alley-oop ne-layup amagama ebhola le-basketball. I-alley-oop yilapho omunye umdlali ephonsa ibhola komunye umdlali ogxumela ukubamba ibhola bese eliphonsa emoyeni. I - layup yenziwa ngokugxuma kusuka phansi, ukubeka ibhola eduze kwebhasikidi, nokusebenzisa isandla esisodwa ukuliphonsa engilazini lifike ebaleni.  Ukudutshulwa ngokushesha kuyigama le-hockey. I-snap shot ihlanganisa izinzuzo eziyinhloko ze-wrist shot (ukunemba kokudubula nokukhishwa okusheshayo) kanye ne-slap shot (i-puck speed).  Ukudlala nokushaya kuyigama elivamile emidlalweni yethenisi. Ukuqedela isevisi, umdlali uzoshaya ibhola nge-racket ukuze liwele ebhokisini le-service eliphambene ngokuphambene ngaphandle kokumiswa yinethi. I-drop shot yilapho umdlali eshaya ibhola phezu kwenetha bese ibhola liwela eduze kwenetha bese libuyela phansi, livame ukushaywa nge-lob ethile kanye ne-backspin enkulu.  I-Backhand shot yigama elisetshenziswa ku-tennis kanye ne-hockey ukuchaza ukushaya ibhola le-tennis noma i-hockey puck ohlangothini lwe-backhand ye-racquet noma i-hockey stick.