you had to obey mommy and daddies rules? “sit up straight while you’re eating. Don’t sit too close towards the television. Stop being selfish with your belongings.” Meanwhile as you get older you follow the rules of being in a daycare, classroom, work environment, and society. To be able to know your rules it allows you to know your boundaries on what can you do and what you cannot do. So we encounter rules in our everyday lives even in sports. In sports we need rules in order to play the game correctly
When people play basketball, they usually don’t think about the history. They don’t think who created it, who leads in assists, steals, blocks, points, and rebounds in the entire history of the sport. Did they know that it was illegal to dunk just because of one person, and he soon became the all-time scoring leader? Who created the name “slam dunk”? When was the first basketball game ever played? Who was on the first basketball team, and how many players were on a team? In 1891, Dr. James
To understand the game of basketball, one should know and understand the rules and regulations of the game. They must know that they should not double dribble, push, travel with the ball, etc. They must also know whether it was a foul or not, why should you rebound, etc. Once should also learn the court lines and markings. During a game, they would have to know the mid-court line, sideline, baseline, three point line, free throw line, free throw circle, lane line, and the center circle. In addition
McBurnett Physics May 19, 2014 Physics of Basketball Basketball dating back to December 21, 1891 has had practically everything to do with Physics. The trajectory of the ball, the gravity that brings it down after a shot, the wind force that alters the basketballs course to the basket, it all leads to Physics. Without Physics practically every sport known to man would be impossible to play, showing the importance of science. The actual playing of basketball originated in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith
Basketball was developed by Canadian physical education college director James Naismith. The sport was created for the sole purpose of being a winter sport because it was too cold to play baseball or football outside, This port originated at the YMCA training school in Springfield Massachusetts, 1891. The first official game was played in the YMCA gymnasium in Albany, New York on January 20, 1892, with just 9 players. Since 1891 the original game was played with peach baskets (that were then later
Coach Carter showed the boys on the basketball team at least 10 transferable skills in the basketball courts as well as outside the gym walls. He taught them how to Listening skills, Teamwork skills, Motivation, Academic skills, Time management, Personal management, Leadership, Communication skills, Problem-solving, and Creativity. Coach Carter taught the boys listening skills, when he gave the boys contracts and they did not treat the contracts serious. They did not listen to what the requirements
The “one and done rule” is a rule that requires players to be at least nineteen years old and have one year removed from high school to enter into the NBA draft (Rice). “One and dones” are becoming a big part of college basketball and the NBA. The past three years the number one and number two picks have been freshman. Major basketball programs like Kentucky and Duke have even shaped their teams around this concept. Top high school recruits are constantly playing college basketball for a year just
Who knew basketball would evolve into this? It just may be the greatest event in sports history. It all started when the game was invented way back in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, by the one and only Dr. James Naismith. Its crazy to think that girls started to play only one year after the game was invented. Women were ready to take on this sport, but were men ready to accept that women were just as good as them? Although most people looked at basketball as a male dominated sport, women have
“The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play “Drop the Handkerchief.”- James Naismith. Since the creation of basketball, people have fallen in love with the sport. People’s love of basketball has driven change and improvement in all aspects of the game. Basketball is dated back to December 1891. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, was a physical education teacher at Men’s Christian Association Training School in Springfield
The game of basketball has evolved a great deal throughout the years. Basketball was invented on December 21, 1891. The inventor of the game was a Canadian clergyman, James Naismith (Joseph Morse, 1973). The game of basketball was fashioned from fragments of other games, seeking to eliminate flaws of indoor rugby, soccer and lacrosse. Naismith also borrowed aspects from the children’s game “Duck-on-a-Rock,” in which children tried to knock off a rock from a boulder by tossing smaller rocks from
right. Basketball is like school because you have to learn how to play the game of basketball to excel in the sport. Basketball is like school because your coach is like the principle, and you need to follow the rules like in school. The teammates are like your classmates. To win the game you need to play defense and offensive, and it's like school because you need to study and do homework too. In the sport there is many emotions such as anger, happiness, sadness, and fear. In basketball you could
Abstract This paper will talk about the history of basketball and how it has changed since it was first created. There will articles about basketball and the way it has changed in the paper. Basketball has changed a lot and this paper will touch on the important things that were adjusted. People have their own view on how it has evolved but this paper will clear up the main parts. Explanations of how basketball came along and how basketball has became one of the top played sports in the world will
Basketball Basketball is a fun sport that has changed a lot in how the game is played and the popularity of the game since the 1800s. This sport is one of the most well known sports in history. But what is basketball really about. The game of basketball as we know it today was invented in December 1981 Springfield, Massachusetts by a man named James Naismith. This game was originally made to condition athletes during cold months. When basketball first started there were 13 set rules and instead
Have you ever wondered who created basketball? What the original rules were? How it has changed since it was first invented? Maybe even if different cultures played it and how they did? I will give you all of the answers in a minute. Did you know that our ancestors played a game sort of like basketball before it was even invented? Hundreds of years ago in Mexico, people played games where they would use a ball and hoop. They would take turns trying to throw the ball into the basket and keep track
How to Become a Professional Basketball Player Basketball a sport that is played throughout the whole world. When playing this sport all you need is a ball and basket. Though the basket does have to be a certain height kids play it in their classroom or outside. What I mean by this is that kids and even adults in the office treat a trash can as a basket and whatever their trash is as a ball. I got interested in this sport when I was in middle school in eighth grade moving on to high school
The History Of Basketball: Then and Now Many of us know of the fun game of basketball, the object of the game is to basically run up and down the court and shoot the ball, and block the other team when they try to score. Whichever team has the most points at the end of the game is the winner. According to Bran Faurschou’s article, “ NBA Hoops Online” Basketball was invented in 1891 by, Dr. James Naismith. He was a physical education instructor. Back then the game of basketball was a little bit
Collegiate basketball tends to hold to different rules and regulations than the NBA, but the main facets of the game remains the same. The collegiate game, as opposed to the professional ranks, possesses stricter rules to which the universities, players, and coaches must adhere by. If these entities fail to follow the rules, they stand a good chance of facing harsh punishments. These punishments can range anywhere from fines and player suspensions to probation banning the school from postseason play
is only one thing to do, shoot the ball; in basketball there has been many instances of fundamentals and athleticism in which history has been made in the sport itself. Basketball as a sport has gone through many obstacles to actually becoming a serious competitor to baseball, which was bigger than most sports in its era. Basketball has gained recognition worldwide because of its fast tempo game and how it is played. To understand the game of basketball and the journey of becoming what it is today
Basketball was invented by a man named James Naismith. He was born in 1861 in the United States. Naismith was a high school sports coach in Massachusetts. He was a sporty guy. People took him as a religious man, because he was. James Naismith was born on November 6, 1861 in Almonte, Canada. James Naismith dies on November 28, 1939, 22 days after his birthday. He died in Lawrence, Texas. He invented two things. He invented Basketball
English 11 19 April 2024. Basketball: From High School Gymnasium to an International Favorite. Basketball, the fast paced and action packed sport of American roots, is a sport loved by millions of people from around the world. From the beginnings at the YMCA in 1891 using a soccer ball and two half bushel peach baskets, basketball has had some dramatic alterations to its rulebook and made tremendous gains in popularity since the 1920s, when The Great Gatsby took place. Basketball has not only simply made