Abstract: A hand-held ball game toy including a column upright stanchion for the holding of the hand; a housing supported on the column upright stanchion, having a vertical back wall and a goal mounted on the vertical back wall; a trigger mounted on the column upright stanchion; a ball received inside the housing; a serving unit mounted inside the housing below the goal and driven by the trigger to eject the ball toward the goal; a scoring unit mounted on the vertical back wall of the housing and triggered by the ball to score points when the ball is driven into the goal; and a shot timer unit mounted on the vertical back wall of the housing and controlled to count down a predetermined length of time.