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How to Draw a Basketball Hoop
Draw a basketball hoop in 11 easy steps, about 8 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the backboard.
Step 1: The backboard
Near the top of your paper draw a big wide box with soft corners. Make it wider than tall.
Step 2: The target box
In the middle of the board draw a box. Draw a smaller box inside it to make a frame.
Step 3: The rim
Draw a wide flat oval over the bottom edge of the board. Draw a thinner oval inside it.
Step 4: The net
Start at each end of the rim. Slant 2 lines down and in. Stop and join them with a curve.
Step 5: Strings one way
Start on the rim. Draw 4 strings slanting down to the right. Stop at the bottom of the net.
Step 6: Strings the other way
Start on the rim again. Draw 4 strings slanting down to the left, so they criss-cross. Stop at the bottom.
Step 7: Base and ground
Near the bottom draw a long ground line. Draw a low block with sloping sides sitting on its middle.
Step 8: The pole
Start at the bottom of the net. Draw 2 straight lines down for the pole and stop on the base.
Step 9: Orange rim
Colour the rim orange, between the 2 ovals. Leave the backboard and the net white.
Step 10: Red target
Colour the frame between the 2 boxes red. Leave the middle of it white.
Step 11: Grey pole, dark base
Colour the pole light grey and the base dark grey. Go over your lines. Swish!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a basketball hoop, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
