Variations of basketball sport games and league memberships

Abstract

A game court for play of a variation of basketball includes a substantially level and smooth surface, having rectangular shape and length and width of smaller dimensions than any standard conventional basketball court, and rings vertically raised from the surface and disposed adjacent each end of the surface, each of the rings having slightly larger diameter than any standard conventional basketball. The court is integrated with access measures to limit access to the court and participation by particular persons in games at any instant. A fence or walls (of a building, shed structure or the like) can cordon off a plurality of the game courts in a particular relative location, and persons allowed to access the courts, or any one of them, can be restricted to those authorized, such as those who are members of a league or membership club. Because of the reduced size of the present game court from that of the standard conventional basketball court, less than ten players are authorized to participate in the game then being played on a particular court.

1 . A system for game play, comprising: 
 a substantially level and smooth surface, having rectangular shape and length of less than about 84 feet and width of less than or equal to about 49 feet, wherein the length and width are of smaller dimension than any standard conventional basketball court;    a first ring vertically raised from the surface and disposed adjacent a lengthwise end of the surface;    a second ring vertically raised from the surface and disposed adjacent another lengthwise end of the surface;    access restrictor outside of the surface and set-off from the periphery of the surface to limit access to the surface to authorized participants in game play on the surface;    wherein each of the rings having slightly larger diameter than any standard conventional basketball.    
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the width dimension compares to the length dimension in a ratio of about 47:50.  
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the surface accommodates two teams of 3 persons each for basketball games in accordance with conventional dribbling, shooting, foul and penalty rules, at each lengthwise half of the surface.  
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a logical discerner connected to the access restrictor for controlling the access restrictor to limit access to the surface solely to authorized participants.    
   
   
       5 . A basketball game surface, comprising: 
 a generally rectangular floor having a center and opposing ends;    two goal baskets, each of the goal baskets suspended at an opposing end of the generally rectangular floor;    two generally rectangular free throw lanes, each of the lanes extending from an opposing end of the generally rectangular floor toward the center thereof, each of the lanes terminating at a free throw line;    two generally semicircular areas, each area extending circumscribing a free throw line and contacting ends of the free throw;    the floor having dimensions on the order of about 50 feet long and about 47 feet wide;    wherein the semicircular areas lie in close proximity to one another.    
   
   
       6 . The game surface of  claim 5 , wherein the semicircular areas contact but do not overlap.  
   
   
       7 . The game surface of  claim 5 , wherein each opposing lengthwise half of the surface is adapted for play by teams of less than five players.  
   
   
       8 . The game surface of  claim 7 , wherein each of the goal baskets are substantially the same diameter of less than any conventional standard basketball for organized play of basketball.  
   
   
       9 . The game surface of  claim 7 , further comprising: 
 an authorizer connected to the surface, for permitting access to the surface by only certain persons to participate as players during play by teams.    
   
   
       10 . The game surface of  claim 9 , further comprising, further comprising: 
 an organizer operably connected with and integrated for control of the authorizer, for logically determining which persons to permit access to the surface as players during play by teams.    
   
   
       11 . A game for human physical participation, comprising: 
 a plurality of generally rectangular surfaces in close proximity, each having opposing ends, and each of the plurality having dimensions of ratio of length to width on the order of 50:47 and length of less than about 84 feet;    a suspended goal basket at the respective ones of the opposing ends; and    a restrictor operably connected to the plurality for limiting access to any of the plurality to only certain persons authorized to participate in the game.    
   
   
       12 . The game of  claim 11 , wherein the certain persons authorized to participate consist of an even number of persons that is less than ten persons, forming two teams with equal numbers of the persons to each team.  
   
   
       13 . The of  claim 11 , further comprising: 
 an organizer operably connected to the restrictor, for logically determining which, among multiple ones of the persons authorized to participate, are at any instant to be playing on any particular one of the plurality.