History of basketball

Ø  Who invented basketball?

James Naismith invented basketball

Ø  Where?

While working at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts

Ø  When?

1891

Ø  Why?/how?

Dr. Naismith had been challenged to create a new game that could be played indoors in the cold Massachusetts winters to provide an “athletic distraction” to a disruptive group of students. With a two-week deadline, Dr. Naismith decided to invent a game of skill, finesse and accuracy, rather than one that relied on pure strength

Ø  What were the circumstances at the beginning?

Using a soccer ball, two peach baskets placed 10 feet up in the air, nine players on each team and a set of 13 basic rules, Dr. Naismith invented the game of “basketball.”

Ø  What was it like at the start?

Initially, players could only advance the ball by passing it. Bouncing the ball along the floor

Ø  What types of shots were taken?

Players earned points by successfully tossing the soccer ball into the peach baskets. After each basket that was made, players had to climb a ladder to retrieve the ball from the basket

Ø  How is basketball different today than when it first started?

When basketball first started dribbling didn’t exist yet, for they played basketball by only passing the ball. Another way basketball has changed is that the basket now has a hole under it (hoop) instead of having to get a ladder to get the ball out every time someone would make a basket.