Typical backyard basketball court dimensions are 60 feet by 90 feet (for reference, a regulation NBA court is 50 feet by 94 feet). If your backyard space is limited — but you don’t want to settle for the ol’ “single hoop in the driveway” setup — you could also choose a half-court basketball court layout, which is 30 feet by 50 feet.

A standard half-court is 50 feet long and 28 feet wide. This option is good if you have a large enough space to accommodate these dimensions and if you plan to play a serious basketball game. However, if you don’t have a lot of space or just want to play a casual game, consider using smaller dimensions.

The FIBA 3×3 regulation sized half court is 15m x 11m. If a half-court won’t fit in your yard, scale it down to whatever dimensions you can accommodate. In Australia, ‘half-court’ sizes range from about 7 metres in height (to fit the ‘free-throw line’, or 9m (to fit the ‘three-point line’) and 4-5 metres in width and upwards.

You can always build a half court that’s either 47-by-50 feet or 42-by-50 feet.