Urban Basketball
Urban Basketball *************************************************************** Relevant Background: " Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court , compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (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 through their own hoop.... Basketball as a social and communal sport features environments, rules and demographics different from those seen in professional and televised basketball. Recreational basketball Basketball is played widely as an extracurricular, intramural or amateur sport in schools and colleges. Notable institutions of recreational basketball include: Basketball schools and ...