History of Basketball

There are several skills that one should

develop in order to play basketball. When
you think of basketball, the very first thing
that comes in your mind is the act of
putting the ball into the basket. It is called
shooting
Shooting is the one skill that scores
points. However, the games of basketball is
not all about shooting. There are skills
include passing, dribbling, catching,
stealing, rebounding, and blocking.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Warm Up and Let’s
01 Process

Brief History of
02 Basketball

Different Passing, Dribbling and

03 Shooting

04 Performance task
 The game basketball was invented
in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith.
 Dr Naismith is a Canadian
physical education professor at
International Young Men’s
Christian Association Training
School (YMCA), in Springfield
Massachusetts.
 Born on November 6. 1861 in
Almonte, Ontario.
 The invention of basketball. 
 The game of basketball was
invented by James Naismith in
1891 in Springfield,
Massachusetts, to condition
athletes during the colder
months.
 Naismith was a prior physical
education instructor at YMCA
International Training School,
which is now Springfield
College. 
 At the request of his superior, he was
tasked with creating an indoor sport
that would help athletes to stay in
shape during the cold weather.
 It originally consisted of peach baskets
and a soccer-type ball.
 He made 13 rules for his game and
divided his class of 18 students into
two teams of nine players and started
teaching them the basics. 
The original rules. 
The game had 13 original rules created by Naismith. 
 The ball could be thrown in any direction with one hand or both hands. 
 The ball could also be battled in any direction by one hand or with both
hands. 
 Players could not run with the ball, and they must throw it from the spot
on which it is caught. Although there were loopholes around when a
player is running at a good speed when they catch it. 
 The ball had to be held in the hands, arms or body could not be used to
hold the ball. 
 No shouldering, holding, pushing, tripping or striking opponents
allowed. The first infringement of this rule counts as a foul, and the
second disqualifies the player until the next goal, or if it is evident that
there was no intent to cause harm. 
 A foul is striking the ball with the fist.
 If either side makes three consecutive fouls, then this is counted as a
goal for opponents.
 A goal is made when the ball is thrown or battled from the ground
and into the basket and stays there. If the ball rests on the edge, and if
opponents move the basket, this also counts as a goal. 
 Should the ball go out of bounds, then it shall be thrown into the field
and played by the first person to touch it. The person who throws it
in is allowed five seconds to do so, if they hold it any longer it goes
to the opponent. 
 Umpires shall be the judge of men and will note fouls and notify the
referee when three consecutive fouls have been made.
 The referee judges the ball and decides when the ball is in play, in-
bounds and to which side it belongs. They also keep the time and
divide when a goal has been made and keep account of these. 
 The time is fifteen-minute halves, with a five-minute rest between. 
 The side making the most goals in the time aforementioned will be
the winner. In the case of a draw, the game may be continued until
another goal is made. 
The objective of his creation was to throw
the basketball into the fruit baskets that
were nailed to the lower railing of the
gym’s balcony.
Each time a point would be scored, the
game had to be paused so that the
janitor could get the ladder to retrieve
the ball.
After some time, they finally removed the
bottoms of the fruit baskets, having to
retrieve the ball after each score was
far from practical.
 The first official game was played in the
YMCA gymnasium in Albany, New York,
on January 20, 1892, with nine players on
each team. The game ended at a 1-0 score.
 By 1898, teams of five players became
standard.
 Frank Mahan, one of the players from the
original first game, suggested “basketball”
in early 1892 to the game Naismith
invented.
 The metal hoop with backboard was only
introduced in 1906 to replace the peach
basket.
 It was only in the 1950’s when
dribbling became a major part of the
game as ball manufacturing improved
the ball’s shaped and handling.
 It was also the time that Tony
Hinkle, a renowned football and
basketball coach that time, introduced
the use of orange-colored ball for
great player and spectator visibility.
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