Basketball is a sport you often, basketball is a sport where you throw a ball in the hoop.

If you want to play basketball you need many things,

Basketball shoes
you need basketball shoes an example is Jordans, which is a brand that was made up by Michael
Jordan and Nike, Nike had given a contract to Michael Jordan about his own basketball shoe, and he
wanted it, after a while the brand did bad, after they made a new shoe called Jordan 1 the brand
became very successful and the shoes were sold out everywhere,

Basketball
You also need a basketball, you can find them almost everywhere, but if you want the good
basketball, you should buy from the brand Wilson or Spalding because, those basketballs are used in
championships and have been tested a lot,

Basketball sleeves
Basketball sleeves are cheap and help your arms to be flexible, and with basketball sleeves you can
play basketball for hours without cramping your arms. They are also used as fashion, The basketball
player Allen Iverson was the first to put on a basketball sleeve in a competition.

History of basketball
Basketball was invented in America by James Naismith, he is a gym teacher in Springfield, he was
commissioned in the winter of 1891 by a principal of the school to invent a new game, because it was
cold so it needed to be an indoor game.

Basketball was created because people wanted a game that wasn't played rough like American
football or soccer, the basketball hoop was first made of wood and you had to take the basketball
out yourself, later it was cut and the basketball fell through instead of having to take it out yourself,
after a while 13 rules were made up, at first the basketball hoop didn't have a board, they later made
a board a made the basketball hoop out of metal instead of wood so the game could be played better
that way,

and in 1895 basketball became a sport and was played in many high schools, they also made a girls
team with different rules, in 1898 the first basketball team was made and the name was Kansas
because the team was made by a university called Kansas.

Basketball leagues
Basketball leagues are games of 2 teams made up of 9 people, most popular team is Chicago bulls
because the best player in the world was on that team and that is Michael Jordan, they won many
games and they are the best team, Michael Jordan was first trained by his mother. Chicago Bulls
played in Washington D.C. also in Chicago, they played in 1946-50 as the name Chicago Stags also
called Washington Wizards.

Ways to shoot the basketball

There are many ways to shoot the ball such as dunking which is when you jump higher than the hoop
and throw the basketball in. Or layup you jump next to the hoop and throw it in. You can also shoot
from three-point line or half court and full court, court means field, you can also shoot from free
throw line, some ways give extra points for in game, how far you shoot how much points you get.