History of

BASKETBALL
What is Basketball
• Basketball is a team sport played by two teams of five players
on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a
hoop 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter and mounted at a height of
10 feet (3.048 m) to backboards at each end of the court.
• The game was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, who
would be the first basketball coach of the Kansas Jayhawks,
one of the most successful programs in the game's history.
James Naismith (November 6, 1861 - November 28, 1939) was
a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, chaplain,
sports coach and innovator.
Dr. James
Naismith

-invented basketball
• The First Ball The very first ball that was used was a soccer ball
until 1840 when an actual "basketball” was invented. The
basketball was slightly smaller, about thirty inches in diameter.

• The first baskets that were used were two peach baskets that
were hung from the balcony of the gym By 1906, the peach
baskets were replaced by metal baskets with holes in the
bottom. In 1913, a hoop with a net was invented so the
basketball could fall freely to the ground.

• The backboard was introduced to prevent this interference.

The First Basketball Game
• On December 21, 1891, James Naismith published rules for a new game using
five basic ideas and thirteen rules. That day, he asked his class to play a match
in the Armory Street court: 9 versus 9, using a soccer ball and two peach
baskets. Frank Mahan, one of his students, wasn't so happy. He just said:
"Harrumph. Another new game". However, Naismith was the inventor of the
new game. Someone proposed to call it "Naismith Game", but he suggested
"We have a ball and a basket: why don't we call it basketball?" The eighteen
players were John G. Thompson, Eugene S. Libby, Edwin P. Ruggles, William
R. Chase, T. Duncan Patton, Frank Mahan, Finlay G. MacDonald, William H.
Davis and Lyman Archibald, who defeated George Weller, Wilbert Carey,
Ernest Hildner, Raymond Kaighn, Genzabaro Ishikawa, Benjamin S. French,
Franklin Barnes, George Day and Henry Gelan 10. The goal was scored by
Chase. There were other differences between Naismith's first idea and the
game plaved today. The peach baskets were closed, and balls had to be
retrieved manually, until a small hole was put in the bottom of the peach basket
to poke the ball out using a stick. Only in 1906 were metal hoops, nets and
backboards introduced. Moreover, earlier the soccer ball was replaced by a
Spalding ball, similar to the one used, today.
13 original rules
1. You can throw the ball
2. You can hit the ball
3. Don't run with the ball
4. Use only your hands
5. No contact
6. Don't use your fists
7. Three fouls equals goal (point) for the other team
8. The ball has to rest in the basket
9. If it's out, first one touching it throws it in
10.Umpire duties
11.Referee duties
12.15–5–15 minutes
13.Sudden death round
• Today, basketball still remains
as the number one sport in
the Philippines. Despite
competition from emerging
sports such as the
rejuvenated badminton and
the football-powered Azkals,
the sport of basketball will
forever remain etched in the
hearts and minds of the
sports-loving Filipino people