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BASKETBALL
GROUP 3 PRESENTATION
 The history of basketball began with its
invention in 1891 in Springfield,
Massachusetts
 by Canadian physical education
instructor James Naismith as a less
injury-prone sport than football.
 Naismith was a 31-year old graduate
student when he created the indoor sport
to keep athletes indoors during the
winters.
HISTORY OF BASKETBALL
 The game became established fairly
quickly and grew very popular as the 20th
century progressed, first in America and
then in other parts of the world. After
basketball became established in
American colleges, the professional game
followed.
 The American National Basketball
Association (NBA), established in 1946,
grew to a multibillion-dollar enterprise by
the end of the century, and basketball
became an integral part of American
culture.
 The game of basketball as it is known today was
created by Dr. James Naismith in December 1891
in Springfield, Massachusetts, to condition young
athletes during cold months.
 Naismith was a physical education instructor at
YMCA International Training School (now known
as Springfield College) in Springfield,
Massachusetts. Upon the request of his boss,
Naismith was tasked to create an indoor sports
game to help athletes keep in shape in cold
weather. It consisted of peach baskets and a
soccer style ball. He published 13 rules for the
new game.
INVENTION OF THE GAME

 He divided his class of eighteen into two
teams of nine players each and set about
to teach them the basics of his new game.
The objective of the game was to throw
the basketball into the 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.
 The first basketball court: Springfield College
 On December 21, 1891, Naismith published rules
for a new game using five basic ideas and
thirteen rules. That day, he asked his class to
play a match in the Armory Street court: 9
versus 9, using a soccer ball and two peach
baskets. Frank Mahan, one of his students,
wasn’t so happy. He just said: "Harrumph.
Another new game". However, Naismith was the
inventor of the new game. Someone proposed to
call it "Naismith Game", but he suggested "We
have a ball and a basket: why don’t we call it
basketball?"
The first basketball game
 The eighteen players were John G. Thompson,
Eugene S. Libby, Edwin P. Ruggles, William R.
Chase, T. Duncan Patton, Frank Mahan, Finlay G.
MacDonald, William H. Davis and Lyman
Archibald, who defeated George Weller, Wilbert
Carey, Ernest Hildner, Raymond Kaighn,
Genzabaro Ishikawa, Benjamin S. French,
Franklin Barnes, George Day and Henry Gelan 1–
0. The goal was scored by Chase. There were
other differences between Naismith’s first idea
and the game played today. The peach baskets
were closed, and balls had to be retrieved
manually, until a small hole was put in the
bottom of the peach basket to poke the ball out
using a stick. Only in 1906 were metal hoops,
nets and backboards introduced. Moreover,
earlier the soccer ball was replaced by a Spalding
ball, similar to the one used today.
 An illustration of a basketball game that accompanied
Nasmith's article from The Triangle in 1892 listing his 13
rules.
 There were only thirteen rules of "basket ball":
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.
4. The ball must be held in or between the hands, the arms
or body must not be used for holding it.
5. No shouldering, holding, pushing, tripping or striking in
any way the person of an opponent shall be allowed. The
first infringement of this rule by any person shall count
as a foul, the second shall disqualify him until the next
goal is made, or if there was evident intent to injure the
person, for the whole of the game, no substitute.
Naismith's ORIGINAL RULES

6. A foul is striking the ball with the fist, violation of rules 3 and 4, and such as described in
rule 5.
7. If either side makes three consecutive fouls it shall count a goal for opponents.
8. A goal shall be made when the ball is thrown or batted from grounds into the basket and
stays there. If the ball rests on the edge and the opponent moves the basket it shall
count as a goal.
9. When the ball goes out of bounds it shall be thrown into the field and played by the
person first touching it. In case of a dispute, the umpire shall throw it straight into the
field. The "thrower-in" is allowed five seconds. If he holds it longer it shall go to the
opponent. If any side persists in delaying the game, the umpire shall call a foul on
them.
10. The umpire shall be the judge of the men and shall note the fouls, and notify the referee
when three consecutive fouls have been made.
11. The referee shall be the judge of the ball and shall decide when the ball is in play, in-
bounds, and to which side it belongs, and shall keep the time. He shall decide when a
goal has been made and keep account of the goals with any other duties that are
usually performed by a referee.
12. The time shall be fifteen-minute halves, with five-minute rests between.
13. The side making the most goals in that time shall be declared the winner. In the case of a
draw, the game may, by agreement of the captains, be continued until another goal is
made
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_
basketball
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