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Basketball glossary

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Short corner

Common half-court locationsBasket at the top. Short corner is beside the basket outside the lane; low post borders the lower lane; elbow is a free-throw-line junction; high post surrounds the free-throw line.Basket / baselineShort cornerLow postElbowHigh postLaneWingCornerTop of the keySchematic only • court markings vary by competition
Original CoachAssist illustration. Dots mark approximate areas, not exact distances. Dashed arc is illustrative, not a rule-specific shooting boundary.

The baseline area outside the lane, beside the basket, inside the deep corner. It is not the three-point corner.

Reference: FIBA WABC coaching manual — basketball glossary. Checked 2026-09-05. Explanations and drawings are original summaries, not the rulebook.

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