History of Basketball

History of Basketball

          The guy who invented Basketball was named Dr. James Naismith born in November 6, 1861. He had invented it in 1891 while he was a coach and innovator. He had invented it because he was given 14 days to create an indoor game. He had analyzed all games that considered a ball and decided he wanted little to no contact. He wanted no goalie to get there for giving the idea of a high goal post and he wanted them to pass the ball because it seemed safer. The game had an idea from Dr. Naismith’s childhood game duck on a rock. The first ever game was played in December 1891. Naismith made a hand written report about the circumstances needed for Basketball. Unlike the way we have it now; the game basketball was 9 against 9. The players had played with a soccer ball instead of a basketball and the baskets were peach baskets hanging off the walls. Most fouls had come from when they ram with the ball and tackling men with the ball was uncommon. So now instead of a soccer ball we use a basketball, instead of baskets we use a round hoop with a net hanging around it, and no fouls a called when the men run with the ball.