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...

up backboard or back board in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Backboard may refer to: Backboard (basketball), equipment used in basketball Backboard (tennis)...

consistent, rarely making errors. This style of play, similar to a "human backboard", often tires and frustrates more offensive opponents. They will try to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

picnic tables, playground, softball field, statue or public art, tennis backboard, tennis court and volleyball court. In the southwest corner of the park...

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...

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...

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...

4 championship tennis clay courts 2 indoor hard courts in bubble dome backboard area Spirit of America Soccer Park Ronald Reagan Field, named after the...

volleyball fields. One beach sports field. 21 tennis courts, four covered. One mini tennis court. One tennis backboard wall. Two padel courts. Parc des Princes...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

2002, the NBA has mandated installation of LED light strips on both the backboard and the scorer's table that illuminate when time expires, to assist with...

depending on the organising body (sometimes played with one, neutral, backboard-less hoop), but all without dribbling due to the nature of the playing...

strokes against a backboard. At the age of 90, tennis was still his main form of exercise and recreation. The social aspect of tennis also contributed...

Finals, when he executed a seemingly impossible finger-roll behind the backboard. He drove past Lakers forward Mark Landsberger on the right baseline and...

started to hit against a backboard to aide her recovery. After taking more than a year off to recuperate Wills returned to tennis in June 1935 when she entered...

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...

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...

three-ex-three) is a variation of basketball played three-a-side, with one backboard and in a half-court setup. According to an ESSEC Business School study...