Basketball court parts

1. Court Parts

3. Dimensions
Imperial (USA)
• 1 inch
• 1 foot = 12 inches
• 1 yard = 3 feet = 36 inches
Metric (rest of the world)
• 2.54 cm
• 30.48 cm
• 0.9 m = 90 cm

4. ARENA

5. Bleachers/Stands

6. Court
Box
office
Visitor
bench
Home
bench
COURT

7. HOOP

8. Remember this?

9. See the difference?
July 2009. July 1892.

10. Backboard
Hoop/rim
Net
Pole
Base

11. LINES & MARKINGS

12. Lines and Markings

13. SIDELINES
94 feet for NBA
94 feet for WNBA
28 m for FIBA

14. BASELINE
aka end line
50 feet for NBA
50 feet for WNBA
15 m for FIBA

15. CENTER LINE
aka half-court line
aka mid-court line
8–10 seconds to cross

16. THREE-POINT
LINE
23.75 feet for NBA
22.15 feet for WNBA
6.75 m for FIBA

17. FREE-THROW
LINE
15 feet for NBA
15 feet for WNBA
4.6 m for FIBA

18. FREE-THROW
CIRCLE
12 feet diameter
Free-throws
Jump balls

19. LANE LINE
Come into play on
free-throws

20. CENTER CIRCLE
12 feet diameter
Jump balls

21. AREAS

22. Areas

23. THREE-SECOND
AREA
aka the Paint
3-second rule

25. BLOCK
Separates offensive
and defensive players
on free-throws

26. ELBOW
Where free-throw and
lane lines meet

27. FREE-THROW
LINE EXTENDED
Imaginary line that
most coaches use for
strategy

28. TOP OF CIRCLE
aka Key

29. WING
Ball-side / Strong-side
Weak-side

30. CORNER
Where baseline and
side-line meet
Open when playing
zone defense

31. SHORT CORNER

32. RESTRICTED
AREA
In professional
basketball

33. THERE’S MORE

34. Offense & Defense
Front Court Back Court