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Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith at a YMCA training school. Naismith used two half-bushel peach baskets as the first goals. The original 13 rules were very different from modern basketball, allowing throwing and batting the ball in any direction and not allowing running with the ball. Since then, the game has evolved to the 5-on-5 standard played today on courts of standardized sizes, with rules regarding fouls, scoring, and substitutions.

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Basketball

Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith at a YMCA training school. Naismith used two half-bushel peach baskets as the first goals. The original 13 rules were very different from modern basketball, allowing throwing and batting the ball in any direction and not allowing running with the ball. Since then, the game has evolved to the 5-on-5 standard played today on courts of standardized sizes, with rules regarding fouls, scoring, and substitutions.

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BASKETBALL

basketball
• A game played between two teams of five players
each on a rectangular court, usually indoors. Each
team tries to score by tossing the ball through the
opponent’s goal, an elevated horizontal hoop and net
called a basket.
• The only major sport strictly of U.S. origin, basketball was
invented by James Naismith (1861–1939) on or about
December 1, 1891, at the International Young Men’s
Christian Association (YMCA) Training School
(now Springfield College), Springfield, Massachusetts,
where Naismith was an instructor in physical education.
• For that first game of basketball in 1891, Naismith used
as goals two half-bushel peach baskets, which gave the
sport its name.
Dr. James Naismith
• James Naismith holding a ball
and a peach basket, the first
basketball equipment.
Just a month after inventing basketball, Naismith would
publish the rules to his game. The original game is very
different from the one that is played today. Even metal hoops,
nets, and backboards wouldn’t be included in the rules of the
game until 1906. For many years, a soccer ball was even used
to play the game.
There were 13 original rules to Naismith’s basketball. Players
were allowed to throw the ball in any direction with one or
two hands. The ball could be batted in any direction as well.
Players could not run with the ball, forced to throw it from the
spot they caught it. Naismith made an allowance for someone
to come to a stop if they were running at full speed and
caught the ball.
Here are the other rules that Naismith included with his game.
• The basketball had to be held between the hands, without the arms or body holding it.
• Players could not strike, push, hold, trip, or shoulder their opponent. If they did, this would
be considered a foul. Two fouls would disqualify a player until the next basket was made
without substitution. An attempt to injure an opponent would disqualify that player for the
whole game.
• Striking at the ball with a fist would be considered a foul.
• A team committing three consecutive fouls would have a goal counted against them.
• A goal was scored only if the ball stayed in the basket. If it bounced out, the goal was
not counted.
• Umpires could throw the ball into play if no one knew who had lost it out of bounds. They
were also responsible for keeping track of fouls and scoring.
• Each half was 15 minutes. The side with the most points would win the game.

Since 1900, 5-on-5 basketball has become the standard. Players used to be removed
permanently from the game if they were substituted, by re-entry was allowed in 1921.
Coaching was prohibited within the game until 1949.
The game of basketball has come a long way since its invention, but it still holds onto some of
its roots. This is just one reason of many why this game continues to be so popular around the
world.
Facilities and Equipment
Basketball Court
• The basketball court is the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor, with baskets at
each end. In professional or organized basketball, especially when played indoors, it is
usually made out of a wood, often maple, and highly polished and completed with a 10
foot rim.
• Basketball courts come in different sizes. In the National Basketball Association (NBA), the
court is 94 by 50 feet (28.7 by 15.2 m). Under International Basketball Federation (FIBA)
rules, the court is slightly smaller, measuring 28 by 15 meters (91.9 by 49.2 ft). In amateur
basketball, court sizes vary widely.

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