history of basketball

history of basketball

who invented basketball?Canadian James Naismith invented the first basketball game.

where?  Springfield, Massachusetts in the United States

when? invention of the game in 1891

how? It consisted of peach baskets and a soccer style ball.

why? to condition young athletes during the winter.

what were the circumstanes at the begging? 

1. The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands.
2. The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands.
3. A player cannot run with the ball, the player must throw it from the spot on which he catches it, allowance to be made for a man who catches the ball when running at good speed.                     what was it like at the start?  The objective of the game was to throw the basketball, into the j fruit baskets nailed to the lower railing of the gym balcony. Every time a point was scored, the game was halted so the janitor could bring out a
   ladder and retrieve the ball. After a while, the bottoms of the fruit baskets were removed. The first public basketball game was played in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 11, 1892.^{[1]         what type of shoots were took?} he objective is toshoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter and 10 feet (3.048 m) high mounted to abackboard at each end. Basketball is one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports.                                                                      
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