Lemaria Anderson 5/12/17 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 different, It was the same concept but it was different. When Dr. James was working as the physical education instructor at the YMCA training school, he came up with the game of basketball as an activity for his
…show more content…
Most of the rules Dr. James made , are still used today. Out of the 13 rules Dr. James made 9 are still in place today, the rest were just thrown to the side. The first team had 18 players, and the team was split with 9 people on each side. Dr. James didn’t have the money to pay for the real rubber balls back then so he just used soccer balls. Since the game was new to all the players the final score was 1-0 and was played for a whole 30 minutes with no stopping.Of course being that the sport was getting really popular, other people and organizations had to test the game of basketball out. According to Bran “Most of the YMCA in the Norther Eastern United States, and Southern Canada had facilities to accommodate players.” The first competitive leagues were local, within the larger cities of the east coast. On November 7, 1896 the first professional basketball game was played in Trenton New Jersey between the Trenton YMCA and the Brooklyn YMCA. They played at the Trenton Masonic temple, and they charged admission into the game. “All of the players got paid $15 dollars, Fred Cooper was the only player that got paid $16, by him getting paid $16 dollars, he became the first highest paid player” Bran …show more content…
After the NBL was formed other leagues started to form everywhere. Most of the early leagues barely lasted, maybe only a few weeks. The NBL only lasted 5 seasons. In 1902 the New England Leagues got a lot of publicity because they let a black man named Bucky Lew play in a game of basketball. Colleges started to mark the game of basketball, and sponsoring games. At first it was only a few colleges like, Yale, Minnesota, Dartmouth, Columbia, Chicago, Utah, and the Navy. In these earlier games there were problems with injuries, because no fouling rules were in place. “In a 5 year time span many activist groups were trying to get the government to place restrictions on the sport” Bran said, they didn’t like how violent the game of basketball was, so they tried to get it banned, but that didn’t last very long. That restriction never came to past, because the president didn’t think that it was necessary to ban the sport. The Original Celtics were a team called the New York Celtics, the New York celtics started in 1914, but they ending due to World War I. After World War I a man named Jim Furey, and his brother Tom restarted the team. They brought a lot of new things to the game of basketball, and they introduced zone defense, and the first contracts to any player. Back then the players would switch teams depending on if the other team
17 year-old Rashim Lancit was the standard senior at LaSalle High School. His best friends were Andrew and Colin. They played together for their high school basketball team. However, Rashim loved the game of basketball more than his friends and dreamed to go to the NBA. He thought there was no way that he would make it there. However, that all changed one Friday night at the LaSalle basketball game.
Status and prowess that inherently came from playing competitive sports and recreation also came out of convenience. As sports and recreation became integral in American everyday life, there was a problem in the north. It became too cold to play baseball and football outside, but it was wasn’t possible to play these sports inside as it just resulted in injuries to players and the facilities where they attempted to play them. Therefore, basketball was invented as a game where you couldn’t run with the ball and scoring was upright in hopes to decrease the amount of violence but also provide men with recreation in the winter. Soon, basketball just like cycling, football, prize fighting and baseball became a competitive sport and turned into a business where status and prowess become the significant. There were handbooks written to guide people to play and watch basketball and prove its status as a serious sport; “physical judgment is required and cultivated in handling the ball, receiving it from one of your own side, and eluding an opponents” (Naismith 5). Basketball, just like other sports required prowess, physical fitness and understanding of the game in order to defeat the
Since its creation in 1893, the sport of basketball has been one of the most popular sports in the United States. One wouldn’t have to search long to find a basketball court and a pickup game in most American cities. Many people around the world look up to the stars of the National Basketball Association as role models.
The ABL reformed, “in 1933, and the National Basketball League (NBL) formed in 1937 from 13 Midwest Industrial League teams” (Carnagie).... ... middle of paper ... ... Many professional leagues collapsed, like the ABL.
On August 3, 1949 the National Basketball League (NBL) was dissolved into the Basketball Association of American (BAA), which was started in 1946 to create the National Basketball Association. Through the merger of the two leagues into the NBA there were now 18 teams that were eventually dwindled down to eight teams. The original eight are sti...
Basketball was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian from Almonte, Ontario (NBA.com). Basketball’s popularity rose when it gradually began being played in the Olympics, the first tournament coming in 1936 (NBA.com). Like baseball and football, people saw basketball as a money-making business. And so in 1946, the Basketball Association of American (BAA) was founded by Dr. Arthur Gulick. Three years later, a merger with the National Basketball League created the National Basketball Association (NBA), the official professional basketball league in the United States (Freedman 27) (NBA). There were only eleven teams at the time, versus the thirty there are today.
Basketball is defined as a game where two teams of five play each on a rectangular court, usually indoors (Basketball/Sport). Basketball was invented by James Naismith on December 1, 1891 (Basketball/Sport). The object of basketball is to shoot the basketball through the opposing team’s basket and to out-score them by end of the regulation time limit. If the score is tied at this time, the game will go into overtime until one team wins. While reading about basketball, I found it interesting that when the sport was invented they would nail baskets to balconies with no backboards. This made it easy for spectators (in the balcony) to help their team by either swatting the
Soccer is the worlds most popular sport. It is the national sport of most European and Latin-American countries, and of many other nations. Millions of people in more than 140 countries play soccer. The World Cup is held every four years. Soccer is one of the most famous international sports. Soccer is known world wide and is played in the Olympics.
Description: Blocking in Volleyball Blocking is a very important defensive aspect of volleyball at higher levels. Blocking is one of the hardest skills to learn, and does not always show direct results. The
From the end of fall to the end of winter, you will find the talk of the town to be the sport of basketball. The two 20 minute halves of endurance and physicality is what keeps spectators in their seats. Even though fans only see the result of the games, the preparation for winning comes at the expense of practicing for two or more hours a day. In addition to those extensive practices, there may be times where more than one game can be played in a week. The objective of the game includes running up and down the court while maintaining control of the basketball. With the measurements of a basketball being 29 ½ in circumference and weighs 20-22 ounces, players try to shoot the ball
Being part of the basketball clique in high school helped me learn the intrapersonal and social communication skills I use today. As a child playing basketball was my favorite activity or hobby. It's also the way I met a lot of my good friends that I have now. All my close friends I have met. I have met them through playing basketball.. Whether they were on my team, the opposing team or just fans in the crowd who admired my play. Not only has basketball helped me gain friends, but basketball also taught me a lot about life. There are many aspects of life that coincide with basketball. For instance basketball is a team game and an individual game. Like in life you have to work together with other people. The communication skills I learned from basketball helped me communicate with friends, girlfriends, parents and bosses at work.
Although many sports are not considered American-made, basketball is one of the few that began in America. In fact it is the only major sport that can be considered American-made (Encyclopedia.com, Basketball). The inventor of basketball was Dr. James Naismith, who created the sport in 1891(History.com Staff, NBA is Born). This was all the way back when there were only forty-four states(nbahoopsonline.com, NBA History). He made the sport in Springfield, Massachusetts(History.com Staff, NBA is Born). Naismith invented this sport because he was P.E. teacher seeking a sport with limited physical contact, but it contained running, jumping, shooting, and hand-eye coordination(Encyclopedia.com, Basketball). The game first used peach baskets and a soccer like ball(History.com Staff,
During my time at Jefferson Middle School, the three Physical Education Majors decided to teach about Basketball. When we decided this, we needed to decide on what date we wanted to evaluate ourselves and reached a conclusion that the second day of us teaching a lesson would be the best fit. My class contained fewer females than males and at least three students with an IEP. On the day of recording, the other students were especially troublesome, they decided not to listen or try which could have been based off of the two hour delay or just not their favorite activity to participate in.
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 of a rim and a net as we play today peach baskets were used instead. Right when somebody on the two opposing teams made of nine players on each side scored a janitor would need to come over under the balconies where the baskets were and retrieve the