Basketball: Understanding The Dimensions of a High School Basketball Court
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From countless ball games in the world, basketball is one of the most popular. The NBA has produced countless start players, among the most popular are Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O’Neil, Kobe Bryan and Lebron James that children emulate their moves. It is a sport that is played all around the world in courts that vary in sizes.
But, in official high school basketball play, the dimensions of the playing court has been standarized. Below are the standard dimensions related to high school basketball:
Overall playing area
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The high school basketball court is shaped rectangular. The basketball court is 84 ft by 50 ft. To devide the length of the basketball court in equal halves, a center line is provided. This is known as the half-court line.
Intersecting the half-court line are two circles whose centers are 25 feet from both sidelines. The outer circle is has a radius of six feet while the inner circle has a radius of three feet.
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Backboard and rim
The backboard dimension is 6 feet long and 42 inches height. From the baseline, the backboard is four feet. The rim is 18 inches in diameter. The back of the rim is six inches from the backboard. This make the front of the rim is 24 inches from the backboard. From the ground, the rim is 10 feet above.
Free-throw area
The free-throw line is 12 feet in length and 19 feet from the baseline. Therefore its distance from the backboard is fifteen feet. The free-throw line divides a circular area called key whose radius is six feet. There are two lines that begin at both ends of the free-throw line and ends that the baseline. Along these lines are blocks which are 7 feet from the baseline. It extends eight inches outside the 2 lines and is 12 inches long. Also along the lines are three free-throw tabs which are three feet from each other. These tabs extend eight inches from the two lines and are two inches thick.
Three-point line
What we call three-point line is an arc whose distance varies from the center of the rim. Starting from the baseline and nineteen feet and nine inches from the center of the are three-point lines on both sides that extends to sixty three inches. After this, the three-point line curves and is nineteen feet and nine inches from the center of the rim.
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