Ben Monrad- Basketball Hoop

After these few months of quarantine, I found that I needed a way to play my favorite sport basketball at night and when it was raining outside. I decided I needed to build a small basketball net and post so I can play on my dining room table at home. The basketball net needed to be made from materials I had in my house and portable. It needed to be easy to put together and take apart. I wanted the net size to fit a ping pong ball and the post to stand approximately 8 inches high. This instructable will show you how I built, tested, and refined my net and post.

-Cardboard, Small Ice Cream Cup, Paper Clips, Ping Pong Ball, Magic Marker, Scotch Tape, Water Bottle, Ruler, Blue Painters Tape.

I began by collecting the following materials in order to build my project:

• Piece of Cardboard 6x6 inches
• Small Ice Cream Cup
• Paper Clips
• Ping Pong Ball
• Magic Marker (Red and Black)
• Scotch Tape
• Water Bottle
• Ruler
• Tape
• White Construction Paper

• Empty the ice cream cup by eating the ice cream.
• Cut the bottom out of the cup using scissors. This will be your basketball net.
• Using a paper clip attach your net to the bottom of the 6 x 6-inch piece of cardboard that will be your backboard.
• Carefully put your paper clip into the open top of the water bottle.
• Be sure to leave the water bottle half full in order to have weight to anchor the basketball net.
• Test your prototype by tossing or bouncing the ping pong ball into the net.
• Disassemble your design in order to complete the project in step 3.

• Wrap your 6x6-inch piece of cardboard with the white construction paper similar to wrapping a present.
• Use a marker to draw a square on the backboard to resemble the box on a backboard.
• Using another piece of construction paper, wrap the water bottle in order to give the appearance of a post. Pick any color you like, I chose black.
• Using the blue painterś tape, wrap the ice cream cup net.
• Reassemble the entire project as described in Step 2.
• Shoot the ball and have fun.
• Play shooting basketball games such as HORSE and OUT with siblings and family members.