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Backboard may refer to:
Backboard (basketball), equipment used in basketball
Backboard (tennis), wall located at a tennis court attached to a fence
Spinal board, a medical device used for the immobilization and transportation of patients with suspected spinal injuries (aka backboard and long spine board)
A term in the sport of curling meaning the border at the extreme ends of the playing area
up backboard or back board in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Backboard may refer to: Backboard (basketball), equipment used in basketball Backboard (tennis)...
A backboard shattering (also known as backboard breaking or backboard smash) is an accident or stunt in basketball. It occurs when a player performs a...
basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting...
reducing the shattering of backboards. In 1979, Erving's teammate and center Darryl Dawkins twice shattered NBA backboards with dunks leading to a quickly-enacted...
shots. backboard A flat, rigid, vertical board situated behind the rim of the basket and to which the basket is attached. Regulation backboards are made...
from the parent sport is the court; below the padded basketball rim and backboard are four trampolines set into the floor which serve to propel players...
fifteen feet (4.6 m) from the backboard, prior to which most gymnasiums placed one twenty feet (6.1 m) from the backboard. From 1924, players that received...
basketball, an air ball is an unblocked shot that misses the basket, rim and backboard entirely. The Oxford English Dictionary cites earliest printed use of...
hockey goals also include sideboards and a backboard, which stand 50 cm (20 in) from the ground. The backboard runs the full 3.66 m (12.0 ft) width of the...
large red numerals below the game clock on a display mounted atop each backboard. In some collegiate and amateur facilities this display might be located...
is located within the three-point arc at 15 feet from the plane of the backboard. A foul shot is worth 1 point, but if a shot is made from the foul line...
Glossary of terms Index of articles Rules Game play Strategy Equipment Backboard Ball Basket Rim (Breakaway rim) Court Glass Half court Key Net Whistle...
up[clarification needed] near the basket, and using one hand to bounce it off the backboard and into the basket. The motion and one-handed reach distinguish it from...
playing Providence on a national television broadcast, Lane broke the glass backboard with a one-handed dunk with Sean Miller assisting on the play. Often referred...
Nike exhibition game in Trieste, Italy, by shattering the glass of the backboard with a dunk. The moment was filmed and is often referred to as an important...
1946, Connors became the first professional basketball player to break a backboard. He did so during pre-game practice before the Celtics' first home game...
Glossary of terms Index of articles Rules Game play Strategy Equipment Backboard Ball Basket Rim (Breakaway rim) Court Glass Half court Key Net Whistle...
middle or near the baseline. The purpose of using the backboard is to try to hit the backboard at an angle, thus slowing the speed of the ball and increasing...
ambulance staff, as well as lifeguards and ski patrollers. Historically, backboards were also used in an attempt to "improve the posture" of young people...
Glossary of terms Index of articles Rules Game play Strategy Equipment Backboard Ball Basket Rim (Breakaway rim) Court Glass Half court Key Net Whistle...
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