Not so much. Now that's about to get a lot easier with Uball, a portable, easy-to-set-up hoop and backboard that even has its own unique game rules.

Like so many great, deceptively simple inventions, Uball was born out of a combination of passion and frustration. Tim and Molly Shields were basketball-mad kids, but on vacations, they always had to head away from the beach to find a court for the traditional game of two-on-two with their other two siblings.