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Tips to Build an Indoor Basketball Court for
Your Home
If you are fond of any physical activities, then playing basketball
can be a great option for you.
It will be convenient more, if you have it in your home.
You can build an indoor basketball court not by sweating much through our valuable tips.
Let's go through the underneath points and
experience the pride of being a basketball court owner.
Arrange the required materials
At first you have to make ready the most critical things needed to build a basketball
court.
The accessories include- basketball return, hoop pads, rims, mounting kits, nets,
scoreboards, bleachers and benches, court line markers, lights, TVs, speakers, etc.
When you are purchasing the accessories, you should make
sure about their quality.
You should not forget to choose the right kind of surface material and its proper installation as they are most
needed to get optimum pleasure from the game.
Check the measurement
Courts of every game have certain length and width. And also the
accessories are to be installed with proper measurement.
Usually the dimensions of the indoor basketball court are around 30'x35' and its
ceiling height must be at least 17'.
The height of the basketball rim is about 10 ft.
You have to pour your footings to make its thickness to 4 inches;
however, the thickness at edges should be 10 inches.
The keyway where the foundation walls are should
leave a groove of 2-3 inches in the footing to make the foundation wall mold into
footing.
You cannot build the foundation wall haphazardly; it needs proper engineering.
The walls are to be a width of 8-inch, but the rebar is to be installed every 12
inches, both horizontally and vertically.
You have to dig a hole for setting your pole. The diameter
of the hole should be about three times of the pole's.
There are some straight and curved lines on the court and they are marked precisely.
When you are preparing an indoor court, maybe its area differs from the outside one, but you have to maintain the ratio where the lines are to be given.
You can arrange seats around the court for audience to enjoy the game and
cheer up the gamers as well.
If you prepare a thing with great care, but that is unable to attract others, then it would
definitely give you complete disappointment.
Your self-made basketball court can offer you the same feelings if it cannot draw in more audience.
Therefore you have to make it eye-catching through the use of colorful
paints. You can also paint the accessories with your choice.
While painting them, you should keep in mind that the the color selected by you should be clearly visible and reflection
protected.
You have to careful that your any decoration would not harm the game's smooth run-up.
Now, are you confident enough to build the indoor basketball court in your home.
You may be concerned about the required investment. Yes, it is not so
expensive as you think.
However, it depends on the size of the court, materials used in it and the location in which you
want to build the court.
You can reduce the budget up to certain extent through proper
planning.
With our great tips, you can now build your own court and remain fit.