Basketball, one of the most popular sports in the world and played by over 300 million people, was invented by james naismith in order to provide athletic distraction for his students at a young mens christian school in massachusetts. Basketball is one of the most popular and known sports globally yet the invention of this competitive and enjoyable game tells its own tale of how the simple idea of one man could grow into a worldwide phenomenon with the support and love of many others. Here is a quiz on the basic rules of basketball, also with a little mixed history please rate this quiz after you play it average score for this quiz is 8 / 10difficulty: easyplayed 11,616 times as of oct 19 18. One of the most storied amateur teams in canadian basketball history is the edmonton commercial graduates (grad's), a group of canadian women who dominated the sport in the 1920s, 30s and 40s.
The first games of basketball were played with a soccer ball (it was easier to dribble than a football) and two peach baskets the baskets were nailed to the gymnasium's balcony at the height of ten feet to be. The history of women's basketball success is a long one: collegiate and professional teams, intercollegiate competitions (and their critics) as well as the sad history of many failed attempts at professional leagues women's basketball at the olympics it's all here in this timeline. History in chronological order the game of basketball was invented in december of 1891 by a canadian physician james naismith who first organized the game when he was an instructer at the ymca now known as springfield college in springfield, massachusetts.
Relates the history of basketball from the 1890s to today, including discussion of prominent teams, women's teams, and the national basketball association. History the international basketball federation, more commonly known by the french acronym fiba (fédération internationale de basketball), is an association of national organisations which governs international competition in basketball. History of basketball - women's - page 4 of 4 it’s a mad, mad, mad, mad march shortly after basketball was invented, colleges were quick to form teams and challenge nearby schools to games.
History of basketball coaching 1922 to 2006 from the day dr naismith invented the game in 1892 there has been a gradual changing of the rules. Dr james naismith invents the game of basketball, to be played with peach baskets and a soccer ball spalding's full-grain leather ball became the official ball of the national basketball. Basketball shoes ( a history ) __ at kg, we break down the history of basketball sneakers into 4 main categories we call era's these overlapping time periods will help us get a more organized look at how far we've come. In springfield, massachusetts, usa in 1891, where the sport of basketball was born by dr james naismith the concept of basketball was born from naismith's school days in the area where he played a simple child's game known as duck-on-a-rock outside his one-room school.
Basketball is a game played between two teams of five players each the objective is to score by throwing a ball through a netted hoop located at each end of the court invented by canadian james naismith in 1891, while he was teaching at the ymca in springfield, massachusetts, basketball is now one. How the nba was formedin 1946, the basketball association of america was formed but it did not go well because it was competing against the national basketball league but in 1949, the basketball association of america and the national basketball league joined together. Basketball is the only major american sport with a clearly identifiable inventor james naismith wrote the sport’s original 13 rules as part of a december 1891 class assignment at a young men. Meet the high school basketball player who was once considered better than lebron james - duration: 10:16 cainelovescali 6,809,213 views. History of basketball basketball has been around for over 100 years, and from the very beginning to now, the sport has come a long way basketball is extremely popular around the world, it is a court game played by two teams of five players each.
Who invented basketball that’s a question i receive a lot as a coach as coaches and lovers of the game, it’s important (and fun) to know a little basketball history and the origins of the game we all hold so close to our hearts. History of basketball in early december 1891, canadian american dr james naismith, a physical education professor and instructor at the international young men's christian association training school (ymca) (today. Basketball was invented by james naismith in springfield, massachusetts the year was 1891, and as the story goes, naismith was asked to come up with an indoor game that offered fewer injuries than classic american gridiron football.
Dr james naismith was the canadian-born physical education instructor who, inspired by a teaching assignment and his own childhood, invented basketball in 1891 naismith was born in almonte, ontario and educated at mcgill university and presbyterian college in montreal he was the physical. The first basketball type game may have been played by the early olmec people of ancient mexico as early as 500 years go the aztec, and mayan cultures also had a game similar to basketball, only instead of a rubber ball they used the decapitated skulls of their conquered foesthe first true basketball game as we know it was on january 20th, 1892 in springfield, massachusetts. Read about the history of the sport of basketball, an overview of rules and regulations along with links to official resources, and a comprehensive glossary of basketball terms and lingo.