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Field and Equipments

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Court

The playing court shall be a rectangular hard

surface free from obstructions and shall have
dimensions of 26m in length by 14m in width,
measured from the inside edge of the
boundary line. The playing court shall be
marked by well defined lines, which shall be at every point at least 12m from
any obstruction. The lines of the long sides of the court shall be termed
theSide lines and those of the short sides are called End lines. The distance
between these lines and the spectators should be at least 2m.

There is a circle at the center of the court which have a radius of 1.80m. The

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radius shall be measured to the outer edge of the circumference. A  center

line shall be drawn parallel to the end lines, from the mid points of the side
lines and shall extend 15cm beyond each side line. A team's Front court is,
that part of the court between the end line behind the opponent's basket
and the nearer edge of the center line. The other part of the court, including
the center line, is the team's Back court. A Free throw line  shall be drawn
parallel to each line. It shall have its further edge 5.80m from the inner edge
of the end line and is 3.60m long and its mid point shall lie on the line
joining the mid points of the two end lines. 

Three Point Field Goal Area  is marked on the court limited by the lines
forming two arcs. Each constructed with a semi circle with a radius of 6.25m
to the outer edge, taking as its center, the point on the floor directly
perpendicular to the exact center of the basket and continuing parallel to
the side lines terminating at the end lines. The distance from the inside edge
of the mid-point of the end line to the center point from which the arc is
constructed is 1.575m.

The restricted areas shall be spaces marked in the court which are limited

by the end lines, the free throw lines and by lines which originate at the end
lines, their outer edges being 3m from the mid points of the end lines and
terminate at the ends of the free throw lines. The free throw lanes are the
restricted areas extended in the playing court by semi circles with the radius
of 1.80m, their centers at the mid points of the free throw lines. Similar semi
circles shall be drawn with a broken line within the restricted areas. Spaces
along the free throw lines to be used by players during free throws. The first
space shall be situated 1.80m from the inside edge of the end line,
measured along the line at the side of the free throw line and shall be 85cm
in width.

Equipments

Backboards

Each of the two backboards shall be made of hard wood, 3cm thick or of a
suitable transparent material and their dimensions shall be 1.80m
horizontally and 1.20m vertically. Borders of the backboards shall be
marked with a line 5cm wide. These lines shall be of a colour contrasting

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with the back ground. The backboards shall be rigidly mounted in a position
at each end of the court at right angles to the floor, parallel to the end lines
and with their lower edges 2.75m above the floor. Their
centers shall lie in the perpendiculars erected at the
points in the court 1.20m from the mid points of the
end lines.

Baskets

The basket used in basket ball shall comprise the rings and the nets. The
rings shall be constructed of solid iron of 0.45m inside diameter. The
diameter of the metal of the rings shall be between 0.17m and 0.20m. The
basket should be rigidly attached to the backboards and lie in a horizontal
plane 3.05m above the floor. The nets of the white cord shall be suspended
from the rings and made in such a way so that they check the ball
momentarily as it passes through the basket. The length of the net is 0.40m.

Ball

The ball used for playing shall be spherical and made of a rubber bladder
covered with leather, rubber or synthetic material. The circumference of the
ball shall be between 75cms to 78cm and the weight shall be between 600g
to 650g.

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