History of basketball

1.       Who invented basketball? James Naismith

2.       Where? Springfield, Massachusetts  in the united states

3.       When?1891

4.       How?

5.       Why? to condition young athletes during the winter.

6.       What were the circumstances at the beginning?

7.       What was it like at the start?  It consisted of peach baskets and a soccer style ball. He published 13 rules for the new game. He divided his class of 18 into 2 teams of 9 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.

8.       What types of shots were taken?

9.       How is basketball different today than when it first started? Basketball players have better uniforms now

10.   Insert a few pictures showing the development of the game of basketball: basket, goal, gym, uniforms, court, ECT.

11.   Anything else of interest?