I have no
idea where this come from in my mind but my inquiring mind wants to know. The
NBA basketball court is 50’ by 94’, a high school BB court is 84’ by 50’ and a
junior high BB court is 74’ by 42’. Why those dimensions?
If the NBA
court followed the golden mean, a known balanced form, if the court remained 50
feet wide it should only be 81 (80.9) feet (I am only using four digits here
width times 1.618.) A High school court would be the same as the NBA, and a
junior high court would be 42’ by 67.956, let say 68 feet. Or why not a court
that was 60’ wide and 97’ long.
Just
wondering. Perhaps it explains why basketball players are so tall; probably
not.
I have no idea what you just said, lol!
ReplyDeleteGoogle the golden mean. It will show you a formula I cannot reproduce here. It has to do with pleasing forms to the eye particularly in art and architecture.
DeleteBasketball players tend not to look down, so maybe they never notice!
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