By: Hailey Kochan, Cassidy Matteo,

And

Josh Berg

How basketball became a sport

After serving as McGill's Athletic Director, James Naismith moved on to the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA in 1891, where the sport of basketball was born.

In Springfield, Naismith was faced with the problem of finding a sport that was able to play inside during the Massachusetts winter for the students at the School for Christian Workers.

He needed a game that could be played indoors in a relatively small space.

The first game was played with a soccer ball and two peach baskets used as goals.

How it all started

He wondered about his future and decided that "the only real satisfaction that I would deserve for life was to help my fellow beings.“

In 1883 he left Almonte for McGill University where he earned a degree in theology.

While studying at McGill Naismith was influenced by D.A. Budge, General Secretary of the YMCA of Montreal, to pursue a career in the YMCA and to study at the YMCA International Training School in Massachusetts (later to be named Springfield College).

Naismith attended as a student in 1890 and was asked to join the faculty in 1891 by Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick, the director of the physical education department.

How it started

During a psychology seminar Dr. Gulick challenged his class to invent a new game. Gulick was desperately looking for an indoor activity that would be interesting, easy to learn, and easy to play indoors in the Winter.

Such an activity was needed both by the Training School and YMCAs across the country.

Naismith believed that one way to meet that challenge was to take factors of known games and recombine them.

How it all started

Here is some things from 1891

Basketball

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It all started in 1893 that’s when they started to play

When basketball started

Rules in 18911.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 a good speed if he tries to stop.

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, striking, pushing, or tripping in any way of an opponent. The first infringement of this rule by any person shall count as a foul; the second shall disqualify him until the next basket is made or, if there was evident intent to injure the person, for the whole of the game. No substitution shall be allowed.

6.A foul is striking at the ball with the fist, violation of rules three and four and such described in rule five.

7.If either side makes three consecutive fouls, it shall count a goal for the opponents (consecutive means without the opponents in the mean time making a foul).

8.A goal shall be made when the ball is thrown or batted from the grounds into the basket and stays there (without falling), providing those defending the goal do not touch or disturb the goal. If the ball rests on the edges, 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 of play and played by the first person touching it. In case of 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 that side.

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. He shall have power to disqualify people according to Rule 5.

11.The referee shall be judge of the ball and shall decide when the ball is in play, in bounds, to which side it belongs, and shall keep the time. He shall decide when a goal has been made and keep account of the baskets, with any other duties that are usually performed by a scorekeeper.

12.The time shall be two fifteen-minute halves, with five minutes rest between.

13.The side making the most points in that time is declared the winner.

Rules in 1891

What a basketball Is made of:

A layer of thread insulates the area between the outside ball cover and the inner bladder, adding a layer of protection that helps the ball retain its spherical shape. Nylon and polyester are typically used to create a symmetrical layer of winding over the bladder.

The inner bladder is something that the inner tube that holds the air

Dr. James Naismith work at ymca while inventing basketball

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Back when peach baskets were used as the hoop, every time someone scored, a referee had to fetch the ball by climbing a ladder.

Most male basketball players are at least six feet, three inches tall, and have an average weight of 222 pounds. Guards are usually the shortest players.

Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team.

For nine years, starting in 1967, slam dunks were illegal .

The first hoop was like a peach basket with a base, the referee can climb a ladder get the ball.

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