How to Make a Homemade Basketball Backboard

Basketball provides players with an ideal team sport as well as an entertaining option for those looking to pass time alone, simply working on taking jumpers at a basket. A simple method of creating a backboard for a basketball net is to make a board out of plywood, then mount a rim with screws and attach the board at an appropriate height.

Things You'll Need

  • 2 plywood sheets, 1 inch thick
  • Tape measure
  • Straight edge
  • Pencil
  • Saws
  • White paint
  • Masking tape
  • Paper
  • Red paint
  • Rim
  • Screws
  • Screwdriver
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Instructions

    • 1

      Mark a piece of ply wood with a rectangle 3-1/2 by 6 feet.

    • 2

      Glue the two pieces of plywood together so that the pencil rectangle is facing up, then clamp and leave to dry.

    • 3

      Cut the wood to the shape of the rectangle using a table saw.

    • 4

      Spray the wood with a white matte-finish all-weather paint. Repeat with multiple layers until the wood is a solid white color.

    • 5

      Mask off a 2-inch-wide rectangle 1-1/2 feet tall and 2 feet wide, centered across the 6 foot width and 10 inches above the bottom edge of the 3-/12 foot height, so that only the rectangle is exposed.

    • 6

      Spray with red glossy all-purpose paint and repeat for a second coat once dry, then remove the masking, so you have a white board with a red rectangle on it.

    • 7

      Secure the rim to the backboard so that the top of the rim is just below the bottom of the red rectangle.

    • 8

      Mount the backboard on a wall or pole by driving screws through the board and into the pole or wall so that the hoop is 10 feet above the ground.