Geometry and Sports

Everyday, we can see so many spaces that has different measures. We only have to go to a basketball court to see that there are different shapes there, circles, squares, rectangles, etc.

Geometry and basketball.
As we can observe everyday on a school playground, the basketball court is a straight surface which has a rectangular shape with 28 meters on length and 15 meters on width. We can also see that it's divided in two identical parts, and in the centre there is a circle with 3,6 meters of diameter.

Geometry and tennis.
Even tough we can't see very often a tennis court, we know that it is a big rectangle divided in two rectangles that are littler. We can observe so many lines which are parallels and perpendiculars. These lines are used to delimit the service zone, each player court, etc.

Geometry and football.
It is the most played game in the world and its court also has relation with the geometry. It is also played on a rectangular place which is divided in two sections. It has a circle in the centre and two semi-circles in the goalkeeper zone. It has rectangles and parallel lines.