• A tennis backboard is a simple wall usually made from some kind of fiberboard and located at a tennis court. It should have a tennis net either drawn or...
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  • up backboard or back board in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Backboard may refer to: Backboard (basketball), equipment used in basketball Backboard (tennis)...
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  • typically used instead of topspin. This style of play, similar to a "human backboard", contrasts with offensive opponents who favor powerful shots. Pushers...
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    in its early days as a basketball venue due to the poor quality of the backboards and rings used. However, these concerns were quickly addressed and the...
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  • side of the court before starting the point. Backboard: Vertical wall, often with the image of a tennis net painted on it, that is used to practice hitting...
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  • basketball, an air ball is an unblocked shot that misses the basket, rim and backboard entirely. The Oxford English Dictionary cites earliest printed use of...
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    retrospectively by the International Tennis Hall of Fame as a "human backboard". Evert was one of the first players to play exclusively from the baseline...
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    basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting...
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  • 1 ranked player in the world with the highest number of tennis balls hit on the backboard without missing. Bill said, "I caught the ball at 966 and...
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    picnic tables, playground, softball field, statue or public art, tennis backboard, tennis court and volleyball court. In the southwest corner of the park...
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    University of Pennsylvania and in 1910 began to practice his game against a backboard, and he also became a dedicated student of the game. The following year...
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    large red numerals below the game clock on a display mounted atop each backboard. In some collegiate and amateur facilities this display might be located...
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    after use, wouldn't bounce as high, bounced awkwardly off the rim and backboard, and cut their fingers. In response, the NBA reverted to the old leather...
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    opponent. In games played on a basketball court, thrown balls that hit the backboard or go into the goal (even if deflected by a player or another ball) may...
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    crossbar level. The goal area must be delimited at ground level by a goal backboard and two sideboards of height 460 millimetres (18 in). Affixed to these...
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    depending on the organising body (sometimes played with one, neutral, backboard-less hoop), but all without dribbling due to the nature of the playing...
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    hockey goals also include sideboards and a backboard, which stand 50 cm (20 in) from the ground. The backboard runs the full 3.66 m (12.0 ft) width of the...
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  • that goes through the basket without touching the rim or backboard Swish, a form of table tennis that can be played both by people who are blind or vision...
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    Nike exhibition game in Trieste, Italy, by shattering the glass of the backboard with a dunk. The moment was filmed and is often referred to as an important...
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    poke the ball out using a stick. Only in 1906 were metal hoops, nets and backboards introduced. In 1894 the soccer ball was replaced by a ball Naismith contacted...
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    Glossary of terms Index of articles Rules Game play Strategy Equipment Backboard Ball Basket Rim (Breakaway rim) Court Glass Half court Key Net Whistle...
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    he also had as a child. He learned playing tennis by hitting against a backboard at the Guayaquil Tennis Club where his father was the caretaker and...
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    three-ex-three) is a variation of basketball played three-a-side, with one backboard and in a half-court setup. This basketball game format is currently being...
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    WPA-type pocket are often used exactly like a horizontal version of the backboard of a basketball goal, to rebound the ball into the pocket; this technique...
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    Finals, when he executed a seemingly impossible finger-roll behind the backboard. He drove past Lakers forward Mark Landsberger on the right baseline and...
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  • periods, the ability to rough up an opponent, and big dunks capable of backboard shattering. Konami's Punk Shot (1990) is an arcade basketball game with...
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    attempted a game-winning, buzzer-beating, half-court shot, which hit the backboard and rim, and bounced away. The shot is considered one of the most well-known...
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  • the NBA has mandated the installation of LED light strips on both the backboard and the scorer's table that illuminate when time expires, to assist with...
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  • the neck if playing with children. If a player hits a basketball hoop's backboard on the other team's side then that team frees all eliminated players....
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  • 22 m Free-throw line (distance from backboard) 15 ft 4.57 m Free-throw half-circle radius 6 ft 1.83 m Backboard width (side to side) 6 ft 1.83 m Coaching...
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