Basketball Vs Old School Basketball

While there are many similarities between old school and new school basketball, there are also many differences between them. But, before we get into that you should know what old school basketball actually really is. “Old school” basketball was a game created by James Naismith in 1891 that originally set out to have 13 rules. It was a game where usually back then there were 9 players on each team competing, players weren’t allowed to get back in the game once out, and players originally would shoot a soccer ball into a square box of 18 inches or a peach basket. All of those things and many more have changed over the course of time. But, there are still some things in “old school” basketball that actually still do exist or apply in what is now called “new school” basketball. Things like how you can’t run with the ball in your hands, which is called traveling, how you can throw the basketball in any direction you want with one or both hands, and how
It wasn’t until the year 1893 when Sendra Berenson introduced the world to women’s basketball. When the women were playing a game no male spectators were allowed there at the time. In 1896 a game played between Stanford and California was the first women’s intercollegiate game. In that same year a game played in Illinois was the first intercollegiate women’s high school game to be recognized. It wasn’t until 1971 that women were finally allowed to play basketball on a full court, but in the state Oklahoma, women’s high school leveled basketball wasn’t allowed to play full court until 24 years later in 1995. In 1936, the Amateur Athletic Union held the first women’s national championship and the first women’s world championship was held by FIBA in 1969. But, the best change that ever happened in all women’s sports was when the Title IX took place in 1972. This equalized men’s an women’s sports (Tactics