Dr. Naismith's Basketball History
Basketball History
Basketball is played everywhere today with girls and boys playing the well known game. The man behind the game basketball is Dr. James Naismith. At first the game was played with a rubber ball and a peach basket. The first true basketball game as we know was January 20th, 1892 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Dr. Naismith made the game for YMCA to play originally. Dr. Naismith wrote some simple rules, most of his original rules are used today. There was 13 rules, but nine have been edited and kept in the modern day game and, the rest have been disregarded. The first game had 18 players, or nine on each team which is standard to the teams in that time. Naismith/ YMCA didn't have lots of money to create …show more content…
Like hitting, pushing, slapping, holding, and illegal pick/screen.
A illegal pick/screen is when a “offensive player is moving. When an offensive player sticks out a limb and makes physical contact with a defender in an attempt to block the path of the defender. Other violations are double dribble is when a player starts to dripping with two hands at the same time or when a player holds the ball, and then starts to dribbling again. Traveling is taking more than one and a ½ steps without dribbling while the player has the ball.
Interesting facts about Basketball are 1) Basketball was officially named one of the Olympic sports in 1936 in the Berlin Games. 2) In 1967, slam dunks were considered illegal but, later it was legalized again. 3) The modern day basketball was introduced in 1929. 4) Only two original NBA teams exist today. They are the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks. 5) In 1950, Harold Hunter was the first African American to be in the NBA. These facts I got them from http://www.goweirdfacts.com/16-interesting-facts-about-basketball.html/2
Basketball is played everywhere today with girls and boys playing the well known game. The man behind the game basketball is Dr. James Naismith. At first the game was played with a rubber ball and a peach basket. The first true basketball game as we know was January 20th, 1892 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Dr. Naismith made the game for YMCA to play originally. Dr. Naismith wrote some simple rules, most of his original rules are used today. There was 13 rules, but nine have been edited and kept in the modern day game and, the rest have been disregarded. The first game had 18 players, or nine on each team which is standard to the teams in that time. Naismith/ YMCA didn't have lots of money to create …show more content…
Like hitting, pushing, slapping, holding, and illegal pick/screen.
A illegal pick/screen is when a “offensive player is moving. When an offensive player sticks out a limb and makes physical contact with a defender in an attempt to block the path of the defender. Other violations are double dribble is when a player starts to dripping with two hands at the same time or when a player holds the ball, and then starts to dribbling again. Traveling is taking more than one and a ½ steps without dribbling while the player has the ball.
Interesting facts about Basketball are 1) Basketball was officially named one of the Olympic sports in 1936 in the Berlin Games. 2) In 1967, slam dunks were considered illegal but, later it was legalized again. 3) The modern day basketball was introduced in 1929. 4) Only two original NBA teams exist today. They are the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks. 5) In 1950, Harold Hunter was the first African American to be in the NBA. These facts I got them from http://www.goweirdfacts.com/16-interesting-facts-about-basketball.html/2