The basketball court is 50 ‘ wide or 25’ from the middle of the bankboard ( I know many use backboard and perhaps that is why many do not use it to “bank” shots in? 😉 The “bankboard” is 6’ wide and if a player stood outside the “bankboard” 3’6” wider to not hit the “bankboard” for a long pass that player would be 18’6” away from sideline. Assuming Tyler Wahl has not grown since high school he has a 3’9.5” wingspan from the center of his body. A basketball is 29.5” circumference or roughly 9.5” diameter or roughly 4’8” radially.
Wahl was up on the endline jumping and trying to get a tipped ball, but if we assume he just stood there and was not moving and Fletch who in one video was pretty close to the endline, but don’t know how far back he was to change the angle there would be roughly 25’ minus 3’ bankboard or 22’ and then subtracted say 3’6” to stand wider than the bankboard we now have Fletcher located roughly 18’6” from the sideline.
Wahl in highschool had a 3’9” from the center of his body to fingertip wingspan leaving without Wahl jumping around approximately 14’9” real estate to sideline. The ball has a circumference of 29.5” or a diameter of roughly 9.4 inches leaving approx. 4.7” radially. So now we have 14.5 feet to work with assuming Wahl is up on the line and Fletcher is not too close to the endline to decrease his angle...which he may have been.
14.5 feet is 2.5 feet wider than the lane (to put in perspective) with players moving fast and defenders pushing and in some cases pulling Lance AND not taking into consideration Wahl jumping, and moving taking away the stationary 14.5 feet to the short side of the court. Passing to the long side cannot be very high and is a bit slower for a stationary triggerman and a moving triggerman or passing to another player stepping inbounds could easily result in less than 14.5’ to work with .
The length and quickness of some of these college players upon the triggerman many times denies the middle of the court pass and cuts down the court availability width as well.
Wahl was up on the endline jumping and trying to get a tipped ball, but if we assume he just stood there and was not moving and Fletch who in one video was pretty close to the endline, but don’t know how far back he was to change the angle there would be roughly 25’ minus 3’ bankboard or 22’ and then subtracted say 3’6” to stand wider than the bankboard we now have Fletcher located roughly 18’6” from the sideline.
Wahl in highschool had a 3’9” from the center of his body to fingertip wingspan leaving without Wahl jumping around approximately 14’9” real estate to sideline. The ball has a circumference of 29.5” or a diameter of roughly 9.4 inches leaving approx. 4.7” radially. So now we have 14.5 feet to work with assuming Wahl is up on the line and Fletcher is not too close to the endline to decrease his angle...which he may have been.
14.5 feet is 2.5 feet wider than the lane (to put in perspective) with players moving fast and defenders pushing and in some cases pulling Lance AND not taking into consideration Wahl jumping, and moving taking away the stationary 14.5 feet to the short side of the court. Passing to the long side cannot be very high and is a bit slower for a stationary triggerman and a moving triggerman or passing to another player stepping inbounds could easily result in less than 14.5’ to work with .
The length and quickness of some of these college players upon the triggerman many times denies the middle of the court pass and cuts down the court availability width as well.
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