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Basketball Facilities and Equipments Size of the backboard

1. Ball - most important thing for a. Width: 6 ft.(72 in.)

training is the ball. There are certain b. Height: 3.5 ft. (42 in.)4.
guidelines which one needs to follow
Size of a basketball rim
when buying a basketball. For
practicing, one can play with a rubber a) Diameter: 18’’
ball. For professional competitions,
one needs to use an inflated ball
made of leather. Official size of a 4. Basket net – The nets shall be of
basketball is 29.5 to 30 inches in white cord suspended from the
circumference for men's game and rings and constructed so that they
28.5 inches in circumference for check the ball momentarily as it
women's game. It should weigh 18 to passes through the basket. They
22 ounces. When bounced off 6 feet shall be no less than 400 mm and no
from the floor, a well inflated ball more than 450 mm in length. The
should bounce 49 to 54 inches in net shall have 12 loops to attach it
height. to the ring. The upper section of the
net shall be semi-rigid to prevent:
2. Court – it should be flat. The court is The net from rebounding up
usually made of wooden floorboard. through the ring, creating possible
The court size is about 28 m x 17 m entanglement. The ball from
according to the international becoming trapped in the net or
standards. However, the National rebounding back out of the net.
Basketball Association states the
floor dimension as 29 m x 15 m. It has 5. Padding – The backboard and
a steel basket with net and backboard support structure must be
padded. The minimum thickness of
backboard hang over each end of the
the padding shall be 50 mm unless
court. At almost all levels of otherwise stated. The lower
competition, the top of the rim is edge of both the front and the back
exactly 10 ft.(3.05m) above the court surface of the backboards shall be
and 4 ft.(1.2 m) inside the baseline. padded to a minimum height of 20
mm from the bottom edge of the
backboard. The minimum thickness
3. Backboard – It is a raised vertical
of the padding shall be 20 mm. The
board with a basket attached. It is vertical edges on each side of the
made of a flat, rigid piece of material, backboard shall be padded to a
often plexi glass. It is rectangular as minimum height of 350 mm from the
used in NBA, NCAA and international bottom edge of the backboard. The
basketball. minimum thickness of the padding
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shall be 20 mm. The vertical sides of shows zeros (0:00).The game clocks
the backboard support structure shall be synchronized and display the
shall be padded to a minimum height playing time remaining throughout
of 2,150 mm from the floor upwards. the game. At least during the last 60
The minimum thickness of the seconds of each period or extra
padding shall be 100 mm. period, the playing time remaining
The bottom and side surfaces of the shall be indicated to the one-tenth
supporting arm of the backboard (1/10) of a second. If the main game
shall be padded from the back clock is placed above the center of
surface of the backboard over a the playing court, there shall be a
length of 1,200 mm along the synchronized duplicate game clock at
arm. The minimum thickness of the each end of the playing court high
padding shall be 25 mm. Free enough so that it can be seen by
standing advertising boards shall everyone involved in the game
be padded around the top. The including the spectators. Each
minimum thickness of the padding duplicate game clock shall indicate
shall be 20 mm. All padding shall be both the score and the playing time
constructed in such a way as to remaining. A whistle-controlled time
prevent limbs from becoming system used by the officials to stop
trapped. It shall have a maximum the game clock may be used
indentation factor of 50%. This provided that this system is used in
means that when a force is all games of a given competition.
applied suddenly to the padding, the
indentation in the padding does not 7. The scoreboard - must be clearly
exceed 50% of its original thickness. visible to everyone involved in the
game including the spectators. For
6. Game clock – Shows how much time FIBA competitions levels 1 and 2,
remains in the game. Give and go: A there shall be two (2) large
fundamental offensive play in which scoreboards, one at each end of the
a player passes to a teammate, then court and, if so desired, a scoreboard
cuts to the basket and receive a (cube) placed above the center of the
quasi-immediate return pass for an playing court. A scoreboard (cube)
open lay-up or dunk. Regulation play placed above the center of the
in the NBA is divided into 12 minutes playing court does not exclude the
quarter. College games are split into necessity for the two scoreboards as
20 minutes halves. Give and go. The described above. A control panel for
game clock shall be placed so that it the game clock shall be provided for
is clearly visible to everyone involved the time keeper and a separate
in the game including the spectators. control panel for the scoreboard
The main game clock shall be a digital shall be provided for the assistant
countdown clock, with an automatic scorer. The display of the scoreboard
signal sounding at the end of each shall be in bright contrasting colors.
period or extra period. The signal The background of the display shall
shall sound as soon as the display be antiglare. The display numbers of
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the game clock and game score shall the statutory requirements of the
have a minimum height of 300 mm respective country. The display units
and a minimum width of 150 mm. shall pass the test of protection
The display numbers of the team against damage by balls according to
fouls and periods shall have a DIN 18 032-3.For FIBA competitions
minimum height of 250 mm and a levels 1 and 2, the display unit of the
minimum width of 125 mm. The 24-second device, together with an
scoreboard must not have any sharp additional game clock and a bright
edges or burrs. The scoreboard must red electric light, shall be located
be able to withstand severe impact both above and behind each
from any ball. The scoreboard must backboard at a distance of between
be mounted securely. The 300 mm and500 mm. The colors of
scoreboard shall contain a digital the numbers of the 24-second device
countdown game clock. The and the game clock shall be different.
scoreboard shall indicate: The game The device may be mounted onto the
clock as specified above. The points backboard structure or hung from
scored by each team and, preferably, the ceiling. It is recommended to
the points scored by each individual have 3 display surfaces per unit to
player. make it visible from all sides. The
additional game clock shall meet all
8. 24-second device – shall have a the specifications outlined in 8.1 - 8.4
separate control unit to operate it above. For all other competitions
and display units with the following (level 3):If there are four (4) display
specifications: Digital countdown, units, they shall be placed in all four
indicating the time in seconds. The (4) corners of the playing court, 2,000
ability to be started from 24 seconds. mm behind each end line. If there are
The ability to be stopped with the only two (2) display units, they shall
display indicating the seconds be placed in diagonal corners of the
remaining. The ability to be restarted playing court, 2,000 mm behind each
from the time it was stopped. The end line. In addition, the display on
ability to have no display on the the left-hand side when sitting at the
device. Be clearly visible to everyone scorer's table shall be 2,000 mm in
involved in the game including the from the sideline extended. The 24-
spectators. The numbers of the second devices shall be connected to
display units shall have a minimum the main game clock so that: When
height of 250 mm and a minimum the main clock stops, the devices
width of 125 mm. The device shall shall also stop. When the main clock
have a very loud automatic signal starts, it shall be possible to start the
sounding to indicate the end of the device manually. When the 24-
24-second period. The signal shall second device stops and sounds, the
sound as soon as the display shows main clock shall also stop. The
zero (0). The electromagnetic electric light on the display unit
compatibility of the 24-second above the backboard shall: Be bright
device shall be in accordance with red. Be synchronized with the game
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clocks to light up when the signal BASKETBALL: Basic Stance and

sounds for the end of playing time for Footwork
each period or extra period. Be
synchronized with the 24-second
device to light up when the signal
sounds for the end of a 24-second
period. The 24-second display units
shall pass the test of protection
against damage by balls according to
DIN 18 032-3.

9. Clothing – Players each team should

wear same outfits which must not
clash with the opposing team and
wear a numbered shirt and no two
players in the same team should
wear the same number. Loose-fitting
shorts are recommended for
mobility, and sleeveless vests are the
standard attire. Basketball shoes
must be rubber-soled and with
protected ankle supports, although
these are not necessary. Most
important of all, make sure your
clothing is comfortable. It is
important to wear toweled socks.

10. Spectator areas - The specifications in

this section are recommendations only.
Spectator areas shall allow the free
movement of the public, including
persons with a disability, and shall
enable spectators to have a comfortable
view of the event. There may be BASKETBALL: DRIBBLING
provisions for variable seating capacity,
however, the visibility from all seats shall
always be unobstructed.
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BASKETBALL : SHOOTING

BASKETBALL : PASSING
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