quick question about the a basketball hall I want to use
Toobis
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Am wanting to do a story in a Highchool soccer hall and thought this would be great only I am clueless with sports. Based on the markings of the hall would this be adequate for a soccer game? (pics in link
https://www.daz3d.com/basketball-practice-court) am not sure how many exactly would be playing maybe someone in the states could even tell me how many on average students would be in an average P.E lesson nowdays.
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I am a bit confused. Are you wanting it for soccer, which is normally played on an outdoor court, or for basketball? If it is for basketball the markings are sufficient but not fully accurate for a competition game. also, the one you selected is a practice court and most comptition courts would not have the extra baskets on the side. Here are two other alternatives you might also want to consider:
https://www.daz3d.com/gymnasium
https://www.daz3d.com/small-sports-hall
no I meant just for soccer not basketball. Would the original one work or is it not marked right? I could remove most of the basketball stuff myself.
No. All the ones I linked to have markings for basketball not soccer, which as I said is played outdoors
Here is a free soccer field https://www.sharecg.com/v/30475/browse/5/3D-Model/Soccer-Field
The basketball gym might be used to practice if the outdoor field was not available. Otherwise soccer practice would be outside. Each school can be different, and soccer is not that popular in America, though it is more popular than it was in the past. Most high schools show clear favor to American football. Some schools may have a practice field, and some very small schools may have just the one field. But often the football field will be treated as something special and they wont even let kids on it...they only use the field on game day because they don't want the kids to tear it up.
I remember we had decent track around the football field, and we would use the track but we were not allowed to step on the football field itself. The soccer field didn't get treated as well. There was a practice field at my school, it was just an open field, LOL. There was hardly any marking on the field, just the goals.
In other countries things may be totally different, because few countries play American football.
My advice for you is before doing any writing at all, you MUST educate yourself on the subject. You need to learn the rules of soccer and also how high schools may approach it. Not doing so will result in a story that is not believable, especially if you plan on focusing on any soccer themes in the story. Anybody who does know soccer and reads your story will instantly know that you do not know soccer.
I am not a huge soccer fan, and I don't know much about it myself, so I am not at all one to educate on it. But my point is that a writer needs to have knowledge of their subject. You don't need to be an expert, but perhaps watch a few soccer games on youtube and get a feel for how they flow and what the basic rules are. If you are focusing on practice, maybe watch some videos about practice. You may even get some ideas for the things you can do in your story.
There's a Wiki entry, under "Rules" you'll find something about using basketball fields and markings:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoor_soccer
yeh I mean its just for a normal PE class so its not like they trying to play a proper important game or anything so I could use it then.
Lol, I think I know what you mean. I'm American and in elementary school, we played soccer in gym class (which was actually our cafeteria for some reason). So the floor markings don't really matter. In fact, it's probably more realistic because it shows that the gym was obviously meant for something else. We usually had about 25 students in a class, and to set up our "playing field", we would drag two of these goals to each end of the room.
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Wouldn't it be quite a bit too small for playing soccer?
A standard football pitch (at least here in the UK) is between 300 and 330 feet (90-120 metres).
A basketball court is just 91- 94 foot long (about 21-28m). A third as long.
There is indoor football (indoor soccer) which is slightly different from regular football. It has 5 or 6 players per team. It is usually played on an indoor area the size of a standard ice hockey rink - about 200 foot long. So still over twice the length of a typical basket ball court.
If it is dribbling practice, or a casual kickabout, then it would be fine. But for a proper match it might be a tight squeeze.
Well, this was in the US (Indiana to be exact). All they really care about is football(US style) and basketball. Playing soccer was just something to keep us busy for an hour during gym class. So using terms like dribbling practice, casual kickabout or proper match is giving us way too much credit. This is more a bunch of hyperactive 5th graders kicking a ball back and forth shouting rules they vaguely remember from a TV match. The only thing most American kids know about a soccer ball is that it makes a pretty good substitute for a volleyball.