How to make a basketball hoop with paper

STEAM@Home: Make Your Own Basketball Hoop!

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Location

• Only virtual (online or over the phone).

Find an area where you can lay out materials and do some hands-on construction.

Additional information

Materials:

• A wire hanger. It cannot be a partially metal hanger made substantially of wood or plastic.
• A large, flat piece of cardboard.
• The tape of your choosing. Masking tape may be the easiest to work with; duct tape would certainly make the hoop durable.
• Markers or paint.
• Scissors.
• String (optional).

Instructions:

1. Bend the wire hanger into a circle. You do not even have to dismantle the hanger, but just reshape it into a hoop.
2. Bend the hook of the hanger so that it is at a 90 degree angle with the hoop. Do not cut away the hook, as it still can be of some use.
3. Cut the cardboard to the size and shape of your liking. Standard high school, college, and NBA backboards are rectangular, if you are looking to replicate that appearance. Try to make sure the relative scale of the hoop and backboard seem reasonable. For comparative purposes, an NBA backboard is 6 feet wide, while the basket opening is 18 inches (1.5 feet). That means the basket width is 1/4 (or 25%) as wide.
4. Decorate the hoop and backboard to your liking. Traditional hoops are painted red, but you can certainly customize it to fit whatever you desire. The backboard of most high schools, colleges, and all NBA franchises are now made of transparent glass; as there is no transparent cardboard, you can really be as creative as you want.
5. Tape the hoop to the backboard. You can attach the hook (which you bent up earlier) to lower back side of the backboard. Make sure the rim is as close to the backboard as possible.
6. Attach a net to the basketball rim (optional). You can make make a net out of string, or even out of twisted tape.
7. Hang the completed basket to a wall or door. Masking tape will work well for this purpose, as it will not leave a sticky mess behind like duct tape would. There are two different taping methods you can employ.

This activity supports the practice of these STEAM Habits of Mind: Develop craft, engage & persist, observe, reflect, stretch & explore.

Tips for Supporting Your Children's Learning

Get your child actively involved in their own learning and having their questions drive the learning. Let them observe and figure out, and try to hold back from answering questions for them. Instead, try to ask: What do we know? What else can we find out? How might we figure that out? Don't be afraid to ask your child questions.  Also, don't be afraid to say "I don't know--let's find out together!" as a way to respond to their questions.   Here's an article to help you support this kind of learning:  Of the Value of Saying I Don’t Know

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Want to learn more about making your own sports equipment?

• Science Club for Girls at Home - Make you own sports equipment challenge
• Instructables - MYO Basketball hoops

More hands on activities and learning opportunities:

• Homecourt - basketball skill building app

• Cambridge Public Schools Virtual Enrichment Recommendations 

  • Exploratorium - Sports Science

  • Design Squad - Sports design challenges

• Parkour Generations - Classes

• Department of Human Services Sports Leagues 

More STEAM@Home suggestions! 

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• MIT Full STEAM Ahead 

STEAM Habits of Mind - observe, reflect, engage & persist, stretch & explore, imagine, develop craft

indoor basketball hoop.

I made an indoor basketball hoop. File that under Things I didn’t Think I’d Be Doing This Spring.

I wasn’t sure I’d write about it because it’s cobbled together from things we had at home, which is the most satisfying kind of project to make but a more frustrating kind of project to be presented with by someone else. Apologies in advance because I can’t offer the exact size of the screw or magnet that I used and my net tying instructions are probably wanting in both detail and technique, but I’ll try my best to show what I did.

I’m hoping you all might take this in the spirit it’s intended, which is an opportunity to dig around in your toolbox for washers and screws and to flex your creativity and make something you’ve never considered before. Mostly I’m hoping this might provide a momentary diversion on days desperate for them.

In terms of a basketball hoop specifically, my goal was to make it movable (and removable) because there are players of varying heights in our apartment and more importantly, because there’s no telling how long the interest might last. I also needed it to be not too much of an eyesore and to actually work. (This replaces another iteration involving rolled up paper and blue painters tape. Believe me when I say it was more than aesthetics alone that were improved in this version.)

For a ball, we’re using an oversized pom-pom. While it’s quite sturdy when fitted with a heavy-duty magnet, the hoop isn’t strong enough to support an actual basketball. More importantly, neither are our fragile nerves. We needed something that’s virtually noiseless, for ourselves and for our neighbors. We tried a small blow-up beach ball and a woolen knit ball and both worked but the pom-pom has been perfect.

For the net, I modified the macrame technique that Rose taught me last fall and I’ve done my best to offer simple instructions below.

Materials:

+ The interior ring of a 10-inch wooden embroidery hoop

+ hand drill or electric drill

+ 1 heavy duty magnet hook (the key is having one with a detachable screw hook)

+ screw

+ washers

+ screwdriver

+ cotton butcher’s twine

+ scissors

Directions:

+ Begin by drilling a small hole into the side of your embroidery hoop.

+ Unscrew the hook from the magnet. Fit a screw that matches the width and thread of the hook through the hole in the wooden hoop from the interior of the hoop, so you can screw it into the magnet post on the other side. Depending on the size of your magnet and hoop, you might need to use a series of washers, as I did, to help secure a tight fit.

+ Begin by attaching the hoop to a magnetic surface, like a steel apartment door, refrigerator, or radiator.

+ Cut 8 ~4′ lengths of cotton butcher’s twine.

+ Fold each piece of string in half. Place the folded loop over the top of the hoop. Loop the ends of the string through the hole you formed and pull, forming the cast on stitch. Repeat for the remaining strings, placing them at even intervals around the circumference of the hoop.

+ Take the left-hand string hanging from one loop and the right-hand string hanging from the adjacent loop and pull them together to form the point of a triangle, roughly 3 inches down from the hoop. Tie a simple knot by looping both strings through each other.

+ Repeat around the circumference of the hoop until all of the strings are tied.

+ To make a second row, follow the same technique as above. This time, your knots will be forming the bottom point of a diamond. Tie your knots roughly 2 inches down from the previous knot. This will allow your net to begin to taper a bit. Repeat until all of the strings are tied. You’ll now have two rows of knots, forming large diamonds around the hoop.

+ To make a third row, follow the same technique as above. This time, form the bottom point of the diamond about 1.5 inches down from the last row of knots.

+ To finish, tie an additional final knot in the bottom of each set of strings, about an inch directly down from the last knot you tied. (You’re not pairing strings from different sides this time.) Trim any excess length.

Notes!

+ Wooden embroidery hoops are quite thin and I didn’t have any trouble using a small hand drill to make my hole, but because of the relatively fragile wood, take care not to split the hoop with too large a hole.

+ I attached my hoop to our steel apartment door with a magnet, but you could also place on your refrigerator or another magnetic surface. If your home is fitted with metal corner beads (the metal piece used to form sharp corners with drywall) and your magnet is very heavy duty, you might even be able to attach the hoop to a door frame.

And that’s that. If you make one of your own, I’d love to see photos. If you have more ideas for quiet gross motor play for small apartments, I’m ALL ears.

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Basketball hoop - how to make a stand with a backboard with your own hands

Love basketball and want to make a hoop? I wanted to make it myself, not buy it, and I ended up making it. It's pretty cheap, especially if you have some of the stuff you need to assemble.

Let's start assembling the basketball hoop with our own hands.

Step 1: Shape the Ring

The first thing you will need is a ring, I made it with 12mm rod, but it doesn't have to be that size. The standard diameter of a basketball hoop is 450 mm.

To make it flat you need something to wrap it around, this thing should be about 400mm in diameter.

I found an old car rim of the right size, you will need to clamp it to the table with a clamp using a piece of wood.

As shown in photo 2, place another clamp a little further from the first with a rod between them.

As shown in photo 3, slowly wrap the rod around the disk, once you wrap the rod and its edges overlap, cut off the straight ends.

Use a clamp to press the ends together, then weld them together.

To complete this part, place the ring on the ground and straighten out all the curves.

Step 2: Frame

1. Bend a piece of flat metal, mine was 4mm thick.
2. Weld it to a flat point in the ring.
3. Cut two rods 320 mm long.
4. Weld them as shown in the photo.
5. Drill four holes to match your existing bolts.
6. If you need a netball ring, you can simply attach it to the pole and skip the rest of the steps.

Step 3: Mesh Staples (Optional)

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Do this step if you need mesh. If you need a network, you will have to buy it.
This step is not as difficult as it seems.

1. cut 12 pieces of wire 90 mm long (I would recommend making a few spare parts, as they are easy to ruin.)
2. bend them in the middle (it doesn't matter if the tips are the same length)
3. clamp the wire in a vise with a steel rod at one end
4. bend wire over rod
5. repeat this with all parts of
6. retighten the wire wrapped around the rod (see photo)
7. bend it
8. repeat with all parts
9. retighten the wire wrapped around the rod
10. bend it (at this point you can't just remove the wire from the rod - you will need to slide it to one of its edges and remove it from the edge)
11. repeat with all parts of
12. divide into 12 pieces and weld on the brackets

Step 4: Backboard

Cut the board to size. My board does not fit the full size of basketball boards. (the second picture shows the dimensions of a standard shield).

My measurements are 1100mm wide, 700mm high and 25mm thick. (You don't have to be that size.)

Step 5: Paint the Shield

Once you've drawn all the lines on the shield, lay masking tape over them. If you try, everything will look neat.

If you are using MDF, you will need to take care to protect the edges from moisture (as shown in photo 2).

Carefully paint over the areas around the masking tape.

Remove masking tape after enough coats of paint have been applied and the board looks complete.

Step 6: Paint the ring

First you need to sand the metal. I used a grinding disc on a grinder.

The ring must not be black or white, it must stand out from the shield. Usually the ring is painted orange or red.

The easiest way to paint inventory is from a can.

Step 7: Assemble

Put it all together. Screw the ring to the shield, hang a net on the ring.

Step 8: Installation

DIY Basketball Post is great to mount on a garage or house wall, but if you want to mount it on a pole, you can create one too.

I installed my ring in the yard using heavy duty wood screws.

A standard basketball hoop must be placed 3 meters from the ground.

I am not responsible for any damage you cause to yourself or your property - you make your own ring.

Successful throws!

Do-it-yourself basketball hoop for children

Basketball is a great game, and the yard version is the most democratic kind of sport. It can be played by a team of 6-8 people or by yourself to train throws.

A basketball hoop installed on a plot of land or in the yard is sure to gather fans of this sport around. And often homemade product is better than purchased options , as the age, height, and preferences of the players are taken into account.

It can be much stronger and more durable than store-bought . And a person receives much more moral satisfaction from a hand-made ring.

How to make a basketball backboard with your own hands

First, you need to decide which ring you want to get in the end. Just a basket with a wall or tree mount, or a complete shield complete with everything you need. Then - choose a place to install the shield and prepare the site. Next - break down the work into stages.

Photo 1. Scheme of a standard basketball backboard with required measurements. To play in the yard, it is not necessary to consider all of them.

Tools and materials

• jigsaw for metal;
• hacksaw for wood;
• drill or hammer drill;
• wrenches;
• paint and brush.

To make the ring, you can use thick steel wire , with a diameter of at least 5 mm , iron strip or old hula hoop . It will have to be shortened a little in the future. For the manufacture of the shield, plywood will be used, at least 5 mm thick . If the shield will be installed in the yard, then a strong pole is provided for support .

On the ring there must be a net : after the ball hits the target, it will direct it straight down, and not to any corner of the court. It takes 9 to craft.0117 long cord.

Pieces of cord approx.

Then with another piece in a circle, tie all the ropes, and so several times with an interval of 5-6 cm. Net is ready.

Shield is sawn with a jigsaw or hacksaw , after marking with a pencil. After that, the product can be painted.

Important! The black stripes and the square above the basket on the shield must be 5 cm wide otherwise they will simply not be visible.

After the paint has dried, you can attach a ring to the shield, and fix the shield itself to a pole or wall. The rate and type of fasteners depends on what the ring was made of and how the shield will be attached. The main thing is to calculate so that the design can withstand at least 40-50 kg of load.

Home Mount

If the ring is made from round wire , and its ends are bent down, then they can be pulled to the shield with 2 bolts connected by a metal plate in the area of ​​the caps.

If the ring is made from a wide iron strip , then you must first bend the ends so that the strip fits snugly against the shield.

Such a product is also fastened with bolts threaded through pre-drilled holes in the strip and plywood.

If shield is not available and the ring is to be attached directly to the wall, anchors can be used instead of bolts . In this case, you will need a puncher to make holes in the wall.

To a tree or wooden post , the ring can be nailed with 100 mm nails or screwed with long screws.

Attention! Whatever type of fastening is used, one thing unites them - it is necessary to put the ring on a horizontal level. If it hangs crooked, then the ball will slide off the edges past the basket.

After the shield and ring are fixed, the site is prepared. It should not have stones, puddles, and protruding stumps. Basketball is a very traumatic sport and players do not need any extra risk at all, they will stumble over a bush, stump or stone sticking out on the court. If the ring is installed indoors, then before playing you need to make sure that everything that breaks easily is hidden, and the glass on the windows is securely protected.

Helpful video

Check out this video showing how to make a basketball hoop from a metal bar.

Results

Which ring is better, homemade or purchased. There is no definite answer here. Homemade product performs sporting functions and is more aesthetically pleasing than for family members and friends of the manufacturer.

Even if outwardly it is a little more unsightly than store bought. In addition, homemade is calculated for certain loads . Whereas a store product, it is not known how much it will sag in conditions of harsh operation.

On the other hand, high-quality, expensive , a ring with a shield, produced at the factory in compliance with all sizes and GOST , handmade, unique. So it's up to the players to choose.

Anna Gavrilova
Master class on making a basketball hoop and net at home

To begin with, I took a piece of metal-plastic pipe left after the repair.

By drilling holes on both sides. Wired it all up!

She asked her husband for a corner what he found from that and made .

The tied ends were insulated with electrical tape.

Putting the whole structure together.

We take nylon threads and make blanks, approximately 2 meters each (taking into account that we will fold in half there will be 1 metor)

We fasten the ring so that it is convenient to weave , the fan helped me. And now the hardest part. We connect the threads so that we get a network.