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∙ 13y agoThe Basketball is equipment and is a different size and weight for customization for the player. The idea was proposed by Karen Logan in 1978 when she wrote a 3-page proposal to the WBL, the first Women's Professional Basketball League, to create a ball that would fit women's hands because the equipment for many other sports is different, such as tennis and Golf. See this reference for a full explanation: Pitts, Brenda G. 1984. Effects of a Smaller, Lighter Basketball on Skill Performance of Female Basketball Players. Dissertation; University of Alabama. This study was used by the WBCA - Women's Basketball Coaches Association - to justify adopting the ball officially for girls and women.
On the average, a woman's hand is smaller than a man's hand. It is in my estimation that a basketball designed for women is smaller so that women who play organized basketball are able to handle the basketball in a manner that allows for greater control due to the smaller size of it.
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∙ 13y agoBecause women are generally smaller than men which would mean their hands are a little smaller also. Allowing women to play with a smaller basketball allows them to control it better.
What size are the woman's basketballs??
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∙ 12y agoBecause the females do not have big hands like males do.
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∙ 11y agoNo, only the weight of the basketball is lighter.
Yes, mens sizes and womans size are the same.
The secret is to add 21 when going from a womans size to a mans size and subtract 21 when going the other way, so a 38 mens size will be a Womans size 16/17
29.5 inches in circumference is the official sze of a regulation ball!
Likely one who wears a woman's 10 shoes will fit a man's 8 shoes, approximately.
A size 32 in womans clothing is a size 14.
Sizing in the United States, and for the most part world wide, does not vary from man to woman as shoe size etc. does. So, size 10.
I would say yes, because ring size is just a measure of size, so if a man and a women have the same size finger then they would have the same ring size. Unless I read the question totally wrong!
It varies enormously as there are many different species of frogs, they vary from the size of a mans fingertip to the size of a mans hand or larger.
In North America, women's shoe sizes (for most brands) are 1 1/2 more than men's size. So a size 9 women's will be a size 7 1/2 men's.
You would not wear any size in womans You would not wear any size in womans
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