A Pop-A-Shot is an electronic basketball shooting game, often in an arcade game form, that typically uses smaller scaled balls and baskets and use a sloped fabric base which returns the balls to the player as they continuously shoot.
Overview
A Pop-A-Shot is most commonly played in a timed form, where a player attempts to make the most baskets or score the most points in a set time. Most Pop-A-Shots have two baskets which allow up to two players to play against one another.
History
The original Pop-A-Shot was invented in 1981 by Ken Cochran in Salina, Kansas. Cochran, a former college basketball coach at Marymount College in Salina, invented the game for young children to play which resulted in instant success and major popularity across the U.S.
Popular culture
The Pop-A-Shot has been featured on ESPN8 The Ocho in formal competition among other obscure sports, including in a national championship game.
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