The Invention of Basketball

1. Who invented Basketball?

-James Naismith was the Basketball Inventor

2. Where?

            -At YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts.

3. When?

-November 6, 1861

4. How?

-James Naismith had examined the common sports which were Baseball, Football, Hockey, Lacrosse, Rugby, and Soccer. He analyzed that the bigger ball was the safest. Then he studied the physical contact happening when running with the ball. So, he then came across passing which was legal to the game. Lastly, James decreased the body contact to make the target unprotected; he made it over the player’s heads. This had invented a legendary game we all know today “Basketball”.

5. Why?

-James Naismith invented basketball because he didn’t want the students in P.E. to play outside when it was cold. So he decided to invent an indoor game.

6. What were the circumstances at the beginning?

-He had only fourteen days to develop an indoor game.

7. What was it like at the start?

            - The game started with eighteen men at YMCA gym.

8. What type of shots were done?

            -Jump shots

9. How was basketball different today than when it first started?

            -Before it was about a finesse game, but now it is about being physical and more exhausting.