History of Basketball

History of Basketball

James Naismith, a physical education instructor, was the inventor of the game we call basketball. He invented this game while working at YMCA Training School in Springfield. He invented this game/sport in 1891. He invented it by using his imagination and wanting to have a game where there was “skill, finesse, and accuracy. “ In http://wonderopolis.org/ it states that he created this game because he was challenged to make a new game” that could be played indoors in the cold Massachusetts winter to provide an ‘”athletic distraction”’ to a disruptive group of students. In the beginning they were probably playing inside one of the building or outside in a small field. They would play with soccer balls because obviously basketball weren’t made until later. Also iron hoops weren’t made until later so they would use peach baskets to throw the ball in and later retrieve it. There were 9 players on each team and 13 rules. Basketball today is different from basketball when it started because now there are more rules that need to be followed so players don’t get hurt. Also we have a court personally made for basketball and also a ball and iron hoop with a net.