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Spalding is an American sports equipment manufacturing company. It was founded by Albert Spalding in Chicago in 1876 as a baseball manufacturer, and is today headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky .
Spalding worked with Dr. James Naismith to develop the official basketball and rule book in the 1893–1894. [78] Spalding published guides on Basketball from the 1893–1894 to 1940–1941. [79] The guides were also used by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) [80] and the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) [81]
A backboard is a piece of basketball equipment. It is a raised vertical board with an attached basket consisting of a net suspended from a hoop. It is made of a flat, rigid piece of, often Plexiglas or tempered glass which also has the properties of safety glass when accidentally shattered .
A backboard shattering (also known as backboard breaking or backboard smash) is an accident or stunt in basketball. It occurs when a player performs a slam dunk with sufficient force to shatter the tempered glass of the backboard , often causing the hoop to break off as well.
Grady straps protect against movement in all directions: up, down, left, and right, and prohibit the patient from sliding on the backboard. [5] [6] Because this method prevents anterior, posterior, and lateral shifts, it is very useful for high-angle rescues and awkward extrications where the backboard must be rotated sideways or tilted vertically.
Backboard may refer to: . Backboard (basketball), equipment used in basketball Backboard (tennis), wall located at a tennis court attached to a fence Spinal board, a medical device used for the immobilization and transportation of patients with suspected spinal injuries (aka backboard and long spine board)
Albert Spalding on a 1871 Boston Red Stockings baseball card.. Albert Goodwill Spalding (September 2, 1849 – September 9, 1915) was an American pitcher, manager, and executive in the early years of professional baseball, and the co-founder of the Spalding sporting goods company.
Spalding Priory, a small Benedictine house founded as a cell of Croyland Abbey in 1052; Spalding railway station serves the town of Spalding, Lincolnshire, England; Spalding Rockwell is a punk/electro/pop band; Spalding United F.C., a football club based in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England; Spalding University, a private university in Louisville ...