I went to Balta from K-8 and our court wasn't much better to be honest. The top of the free throw circle and half court were very close to each other, but didn't quite touch. The court was also more narrow than standard, so you couldn't stand in the corner and hit a 3 point shot because you would have been out of bounds at that point. The short court worked to our advantage most times as opposing players couldn't get the timing down and would often run out of bounds or end up throwing the ball out of bounds expecting their teammate to be able to go to where the ball was going.