That means that players today have a much easier time playing above the rim. Have one person climb the ladder and place one end on the tape measure at the front tip of the rim so it is even with the TOP side of the rim. Drop the tape measure straight down to the playing surface to check the distance. The tape measure should read 10 feet for regulation basketball, typically ages 11 and older. The new rim also includes a degree breakaway. The rim consists of finger guards to prevent any players from pinching their fingers as well as a plate that has been covered in padding.
As such, the first games required a ladder in order to retrieve any made points. Fortunately, although not as quickly as one may expect, the bottoms were eventually cut out and later replaced with nets.
The makeup of the baskets, however, continued to change into the modern era. While many may not know the specific name, the breakaway rim is now the standard across the world. Before the breakaway rim, hoops were firmly mounted into place. During an era where most players were barely 6-feet-tall, this was not an issue. With it, rims were getting bent out of shape and falling off the hoop. The height of the rim is 10 feet because most professional players are 6 feet or taller.
The rim serves as the perfect height to be challenging enough for all players. Ever since the creation of the sport in by Dr.
James Naismith the sport was originally called Basket Ball the height of the rim for professional leagues has always been 10 feet high. That is no different from the NBA, from its first season to now has maintained a 10 foot rim. The regulation distance for men's Division I in college is the same exact height as an NBA rim, which is 10 feet. In youth basketball, third and fourth grade players shoot on eight foot rims and fifth grade players shoot on nine foot rims.
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