September 04, 2022
Designed as an indoor sport for businessmen who found basketball too vigorous, William Morgan developed a game called mintonette. It would later be renamed volleyball.
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Why Are Basketball Hoops 10 Feet High?
Throughout gyms, parks, and driveways around the world, basketball hoops are almost always 10 feet (3 meters) off the ground. Some leagues for young children play on shorter hoops, but from junior high schools through the professional leagues, the game is played on hoops of the standard 10-foot
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