A jump ball is a method used to begin or resume play in basketball. It is similar to a face-off in ice hockey and field lacrosse and a ball-up in Australian rules football. Two opposing players attempt to gain control of the ball after an official tosses it into the air between them.
Joakim Noah (13) and Javale McGee (34) compete at center court for the jump ball that starts the game, which is known as the tip-off or opening tip
Possession arrow in Poland (circled)
Electric possession arrow in Wadowice, Poland
A face-off is the method used to begin and restart play after goals in some sports using sticks, primarily ice hockey, bandy, floorball, broomball, rinkball, and lacrosse.
A face-off during a National Hockey League game in 2008
A face-off at centre ice in a youth hockey game
ECAC college face-off (Harvard Crimson vs Brown Bears)
Two lacrosse players set for a face-off as the referee places the ball on the ground between the heads of their sticks.