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Calling 'backboard' is a playground term in Basketball. It is used in some games when a player is declaring that he is going to bank a shot into the goal using the backboard.

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What is a backboard in basketball?

the backboard is behind the basketball hoop


What does a backboard in netball mean?

There is no backboard in netball, however there is one in basketball


What is the distance from the bottom of the backboard to the rim?

6" . A STANDARD RECTANGULAR BACKBOARD IS 42" HIGH. THE TOP OF RIM IS 36" FROM THE TOP OF BACKBOARD, SO THAT LEAVES 6" FROM THE BOTTOM OF BACKBOARD TO TOP OF RIM.


Why is the basketball backboard their?

The basketball backboard is there to show ppl where to shot the ball to get it in.


Where is the shooting square located on a basketball backboard?

on the backboard above the rim


How do you fix your backboard some guy that your dad paid to build it built it wrong and the back board is a little tilted it is a spalding basketball hoop and you are sick and tried of the backboard?

The easiest way to fix a backboard that a guy paid to build and he did it wrong, is to remove the Spalding basketball hoop from the backboard. You can then attach it to a new backboard, that is not tilted forward, and you won't have to be sick and tired of a bad backboard anymore.


How many syllables does the word backboard have?

The word backboard has two syllables. Back-board.


What is the square thing on the back of a basketball hoop called?

It is commonly known as a basketball backboard.


Has Charles Barkley shattered a backboard?

No. but a look alike named darvin ham shattered a backboard


What are the dimensions of a fan shaped basketball backboard?

The dimensions for a rounded basketball backboard in the NCAA is only slightly different than the dimensions for a rounded basketball backboard in the NBA. NCAA regulations allow the basketball backboard to be 4 feet high,Êwhile the NBA requires that the basketball backboard be no more than 3 1/2 feet high.


How do you make a b-ball backboard?

You can take a large piece of wood and cut in in a rectangle or in the shape of a backboard.


Is backboard a common noun?

Yes, the noun backboard is a commonnoun, a general word for any kind of blackboard.