My husband started laughing at me when I called it a basketball goal. Isn't goal correct though? I always thought hoop was slang for it. Please let me know because we have a bet going.
2006-09-14 03:39:52 · 16 answers · asked by Cherie 2 in Sports ➔ Basketball
They are interchangeable terms and neither is wrong. Goal would be the more formal term while hoop leans towards being slang.
The metal ring that holds the net is the hoop. The entire structure (backboard, hoop, net, post) is collectively called the goal.
Why don't they call illegally blocking a shot "hoop tending"?
2006-09-14 03:49:55 · answer #1 · answered by wilsonaj101177 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basketball Technical Terms
2016-12-18 08:26:47 · answer #2 · answered by bure 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The formal term is goal, however, hoop is used as slang. Check out this website. I cut and paste a section where goal is used from that website (read the caption to the right of the picture).
http://www.retrogalaxy.com/sports/13-rules-basketball.asp
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The 13 Original Rules of Basketball
Dr. James Naismith declared: The object of the game is to put the ball into your opponent's goal. This may be done by throwing the ball from any part of the grounds, with one or two hands, under the following conditions and rules.
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Dr. Naismith invented basketball and in those days soccer and rugby were dominant sports and he used goal, not hoop. The first goal was actually a peach basket.
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Check out this link to Walmart where a basketball goal is being sold:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=1560420
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Enough said!
2006-09-14 05:25:41 · answer #3 · answered by Sal G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate to break it, but hoop is the correct term. It is only slang if you use it as a verb, such as "lets go hoop it up" instead of "let's go play basketball". Basketball goal is more a term for a made basket or field goal.
2006-09-14 05:32:39 · answer #4 · answered by MidnightSky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hoop is the correct answer, whenever some goes out to play basketball they don't go out to shoot some goals, they go out to shoot some hoops.
2006-09-14 03:46:51 · answer #5 · answered by eric g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
basketball isnt a game of being proper. its normally refered to has the basketball hoop. if you call it a goal, its just a goal. not a basketball goal. just a goal.
2006-09-18 13:45:28 · answer #6 · answered by g_mcmurran 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hoop is the correct term, I mean it is circular isn't it. Goal is used in soccer.
2006-09-14 04:07:01 · answer #7 · answered by #15mwu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe hoop is correct, but then I don't know much about basketball.
2006-09-14 03:42:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hoop is just the ring and net, the goal is the whole thing! so either is correct
2006-09-14 11:26:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say Goal...Hoop is slang.
They use goal in the statistic "field goal percentage."
2006-09-14 05:11:22 · answer #10 · answered by Mo-Jo Jo-Jo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋