Patent ID: 6843738

Claim:
A basketball apparatus for practicing shooting backboard shots, comprising: a backboard having a front side and a back side; a fixed reflective surface attached on at least a portion of the front side of the backboard; a basketball hoop; means for affixing the basketball hoop to the front side of the backboard; a member located between the basketball hoop and the front side of the backboard and affixed to the means for affixing the basketball hoop to the front side of the backboard; a target affixed to the member; and whereby the target produces a reflective target bulls eye in the reflective surface of the backboard for providing a target for shooting backboard shots, a basketball projected into a trajectory on the front side of the backboard to hit the reflective target bulls eye located on the reflective surface and, while in that trajectory, the basketball engages and bounces off the front side of the backboard for entry into the basketball hoop located on the front side of the backboard.