grew in the United States‚ it is now played and watched in more than 150 countries. When Dr. Naismith invented the game basketball‚ he was a physical education teacher at the International Training School of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Spring Field‚ Massachusetts. It was winter‚ and his students needed a fast-paced game that could be played indoors. After a lot of thinking he finally decided of a game where players would be throwing a ball into baskets. So he attached a couple
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almost immediately renamed. To which he originally gave the name "Mintonette". At that time Morgan knew of no similar game to volleyball which could guide him; he developed it from his own sports training methods and his practical experience in the YMCA gymnasium. Describing his first experiments he said‚ "In search of an appropriate game‚ tennis occurred to me‚ but this required rackets‚ balls‚ a net and other equipment‚ so it was eliminated‚ but the idea of a net seemed a good one. We raised it
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Since its beginning over a century ago‚ basketball has evolved from a simple form of exercise with only a few rules to a highly competitive and complex national sport. Basketball was invented by James Naismith at a YMCA in Springfield‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1891 (Fox 11-13). It began as an activity for the “‘ball-game’ void” months of winter (Hanson 65)‚ and Naismith had five standards for the game. He wanted a ball that could be handled by a player’s hands; no one was to run with the ball‚ and anyone
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History of Volleyball On February 9‚ 1895‚ in Holyoke‚ Massachusetts‚ William G. Morgan‚ a YMCA P.E. director‚ made a game called Mignonette as a fun game to pass time by ‚ to be mostly be played inside but could be played outside‚ by any number of players. The game took some of its characteristics from tennis and handball. Another indoor sport‚ basketball was becoming popular in the area due to the fact that it had been invented just ten mile away for Springfield Massachusetts‚ four years before
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Basketball Due: 12/1/10 Table of Contents History of Basketball Page 1 Rules/Fouls/Violations Page 3 Court Diagram Page 7 Bibliography Page 8 History of Basketball In early December 1891‚ Luther Gulick‚ chairman of the physical education department at the School for Christian Workers‚ now Springfield College in Springfield‚ Massachusetts‚ instructed physical education teacher James Naismith to invent a new game to
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• A basket is worth 3 points if behind the 3 point line • A foul shot is worth 1 point The History of Basketball The sport of basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith in 1891. He came up with the sport when he was teaching at the YMCA training school in Springfield‚ Ma. Naismith wanted a sport that people could play during the cold winters. He wanted to invent a different type of game where people needed skill not strength. Therefore‚ basketball was born. In the very first game
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importance of reflecting on the community service that I performed and actually taking something away from the experience. This semester my team and I had the opportunity to participate in community service activities at The Village at Carver Family YMCA at 1600 Pryor Road. We had the pleasure of working with a wonderful and enthusiastic staff and mentoring some of the local youth. The youth that we mentored ranged from kindergarten to the 8th grade. It is my plan to give an outlook on my time spent
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played preferably indoors and by a number of players. The characteristics of the game came from tennis‚ handball and another indoor sport basketball. Mintonette was designed to be an indoor sport‚ less rough than basketball‚ for older members of the YMCA‚ while still requiring a bit of athletic effort. The first rules‚ written down by William G Morgan‚ called for
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needed for tournament play‚ and thus the USVBA (United States Volleyball Association) was formed in 1928. (William G. Morgan) Pioneer of the game Volleyball In 1895‚ William G. Morgan‚ an instructor at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke‚ Mass.‚ decided to blend elements of basketball‚ baseball‚ tennis‚ and handball to create a game for his classes of businessmen which would demand less physical contact than basketball. He created the game of Volleyball (at that time called
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exist among Lady Ath-Elite but the intensity will not be great. There are several gyms in Huntsville‚ Alabama; the largest gyms are the University Fitness Center‚ Gold’s Gym‚ Riviera Fitness Centers‚ Bender’s Gym‚ Curves‚ Empire Fitness‚ and the new YMCA in Madison‚ Alabama (Yellowpages.com‚ 2012). Riviera Fitness Center will offer competition because one of its two branches‚ like Lady Ath-Elite is for women only. There are also the following gyms for women: Real Life Fitness for Women‚ and as previously-mentioned
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