What is the use of a Backboard?

Answer 1

The backboard is used to bank the ball off of. The box on the backboard (right above the basket) is used as a guide. If you hit certain spots from certain sides of the goal, the ball will always go in the basket if thrown with the right technique.

Answer 2

A backboard is a raised vertical board with a basket attached. It is often made of Plexiglass. A Basketball hoop is mounted to a backboard through a flexible connection in the backboard and the connection supporting the hoop. The shock of a basket or dunk is absorbed by the connecting part, so that the rim goes back to the horizontal position again.

Answer 3

they were added so that when they were playing a game it would bounce back at them and so the people behing the goal wouldn't get hit with the ball.