History of Basketball

History Of Basketball

The history of basketball began in 1891. It chould have been called boxball. In the winter of 1891, James Naismith, an instructor at a YMCA training school in Springfield, mass., asking the jannitor to hang a couple of boxes from the gymasium balcony for an expermiental indoor ball game. The game became known as basketball because the janitor, unable to find boxes to make the elevated goals, nailed up two half-bushel peach baskets. Naismith came up with the game in hopes of curing the winter doldrums of his students who had grown bored with the routine of gymnastics and calisthenics. Naismith first experminted with indoors versions of rugby, lacrosse, and other sports, but they proved too violent. The former divinity student eventually struck upon the idea of upright goals that would minimize the force on the ball and keep some distince between the players and the actual scoring. Thus the internationally popular game of basketball was born.

Read more about History Of Basketball:  YMCA, U.S. Army Spread Development, Professional Leagues, Teams and Organizations, American Colleges Lead The Way, NBA Founded, African-Americans in Basketball, American Basketball Association, First International Games, Formation of FIBA

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