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Equipment and Materials

Equipment needed for a basketball game includes court equipment, officials equipment, and players equipment. Court equipment consists of the floor, ball, basket/hoop, and backboard. Officials equipment includes the officials' uniform, whistle, score book, and shot clock and game clock. Players equipment includes the players' uniform, protective gears, and accessories like headbands and wristbands.

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Equipment and Materials

Equipment needed for a basketball game includes court equipment, officials equipment, and players equipment. Court equipment consists of the floor, ball, basket/hoop, and backboard. Officials equipment includes the officials' uniform, whistle, score book, and shot clock and game clock. Players equipment includes the players' uniform, protective gears, and accessories like headbands and wristbands.

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  • Equipment and Materials: Introduces the types of equipment needed for playing basketball, categorized into court, officials, and players equipment.
  • Court Equipment: Details the different equipment used on the basketball court, including the floor, ball, hoop, backboard, and scoreboard.
  • Officials Equipment: Outlines the uniforms and gear used by officials during a game, including uniforms, whistles, and scorebooks.

Equipment and Materials

There is some equipment needed to play a


basketball game. The basketball equipment
can be broke down into three more categories
court equipment, officials equipment and
players equipment.
Court Equipment
• Floor
The playing surface is made of either wood or maple and it has to
be flat and rectangular in shape.
• Ball
Ball is the most visible equipment in the game of basketball. There
are different types of basketball used in different leagues. Usually it is
made of leather, rubber or any synthetic material but it has to be
inflated properly.
• Basket/Hoop
Baskets are mounted at a certain height (10 feet above the floor).A
hoop or basket with net around its circumference and of 18 inch
diameter is firmly hung horizontally from a rectangular backboard of
3.5 feet height and 6 feet width on either sides of the court. The rim of
the hoop is 10 feet above the ground. The backboard in various
international competitions is transparent for better visibility.
• Backboard
Backboard is a rectangular board on which the basket is attached.
• Scoreboard
Scoreboard displays the time left in the period and running scores
of the both team. A scoreboard can be either digital or manual.
Officials Equipment
• Uniform of Officials
Officials wear a uniform prescribed by their respective governing
body. Usually, officials are dressed in white and black stripped shirts,
black pants and black shoes. NBA officials wear gray shirts, black pants
and black shoes.
• Whistle
Basketball referee carries a whistle which he blows every time he
needs to stop a play.
• Score book
Score book is used by the scorekeeper who writes down scores and
stats on it. Score book is something where you find summary of the
whole game, names of the players, their positions and jersey numbers,
details of each quarter and half etc.
• Shot Clock and Game Clock
Shot clock and game clock are operated by timekeepers. Game clock
records the overall time of the game while shot clock counts down the
24 second shot clock.
Players Equipment
• Players Uniform
Uniform consists of jersey (preferably sleeveless), short and shoes.
All the teams wears their own specific uniform. In NBA, all players wear
a uniform prepared by league’s sponsored sportswear company. They
are not allowed to wear shorts which are too long. In NBA, players can
be fined if their uniform does not comply with the rules of the league.
• Protective Gears and Accessories
Protective gears and accessories include goggles, face masks, mouth
guards, knee pads or brace, headbands, arm sleeves, wristbands etc.
Not all players wear necessarily all these things. They use them only
when they required them.

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