Another Small Gym Story

[Nevadaref]

"The backboards were even with the end line."

Why? Shouldn't the plane of the backboard be four feet inside the end line?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

"The backboards were even with the end line."

Why? Shouldn't the plane of the backboard be four feet inside the end line?

Probably mounted directly to the wall. If they moved each one 4 feet inside the end line, the rims would touch.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Probably mounted directly to the wall. If they moved each one 4 feet inside the end line, the rims would touch.

And the court had two division lines.

[Ignats75]

As a scarlet and grey clad Buckeye, I have only one thing to say....More proof Michigan sucks.

[Judtech]

Originally Posted by Ignats75

As a scarlet and grey clad Buckeye, I have only one thing to say....More proof Michigan sucks.

Ironically, back "in the day", we played a HS in OHIO that may have the record for being small. It is difficult to describe except for this. When brining the ball up, we had 10 seconds to get the ball over half court. Once past half court, the "division" line was then moved back to the volleyball line.(Spike/hit line? not oob) The home team used it to their advantage. We would press and when we THOUGHT we had a good trap just past half court, theyw ould just pass it backwards. Frustrating, but it WAS fun taking shots from "half - court"!!!

[chartrusepengui]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

And the court had two division lines.

I had one gym with 3 "division" lines. You had to cross the middle one within 10 seconds - but then the furthest line back was the "new" line deliniating the seperation of front and back court areas. Of course this was all reversed going the other way. What a pain!

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

"The backboards were even with the end line."

Why? Shouldn't the plane of the backboard be four feet inside the end line?

Big that my referee bag is, I will admit to not having all of my electric power tools in it to move the backboard.

Originally Posted by mbyron

Probably mounted directly to the wall.

Exactly

There was about 10' from the top of the arc to the center circle......

[Nevadaref]

So how far was it from the end line to the FT line?

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

So how far was it from the end line to the FT line?

It was short. The blocks were pushed down toward the backboards. So, in this gym, if the rule wasn't instituted where they stood "above the block," they would have been at a real disadvantage - like even with the backboard.

Really sad.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by chartrusepengui

I had one gym with 3 "division" lines. You had to cross the middle one within 10 seconds - but then the furthest line back was the "new" line deliniating the seperation of front and back court areas. Of course this was all reversed going the other way. What a pain!

This configuration is used frequently in my neck of the woods. It's rather quite easy, if one is able to adapt and think quickly.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

This configuration is used frequently in my neck of the woods.

That's the problem with metric gyms.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

And the court had two division lines.

Yeah...one was located under each backboard.

[mbyron]

Hey, I just figured out the problem with this court: when they built it, they thought the blueprint said 84" instead of 84'.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

And the court had two division lines.

Been there. Done that. Have a game at that school on Saturday, but in a brand new fieldhouse.