HISTORY OF BASKETBALL

             History of Basketball

 1. Who invented Basketball?  
    James Naismith 
 2. Where?
      YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts 
 3.  When?
       1891
  4. How?
        He sought a vigorous indoor game to keep his students occupied and at proper levels during the New England winters.
 5.  Why? 
        Trying to keep his gym class occupied on a rainy day. 
  6. What were the circumstances at the beginning?
         Make it fair for all players and not to be rough.
 7.  What was it all like at start?
         A peach basket and and a soccer ball.
  8.  What types of shots were taken? 
         Tossed the ball up between the two center men. Most fouls were called for running with the ball.
   9. How is Basketball different today then when it first started? 
         They have more rules, the basket is 10ft. of the ground, there is now a basketball used instead of the soccer ball.
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