Basketball History

1. James Naismith invented basketball 

2. In Springfield, Masssachusettes

3. It was invented in 1891

4. It was invented to condition young athletes during the winter, it was consisted of peach baskets ad soccer-like balls. He invented 13 rules for the game. The objective of the game was to throw the ball into the fruit basket nailed to the lower railing of the gym balcony. 

5.So James Naismith could condition his athletes

6.in the beggining they just had a fruit basket and a soccer styled ball. the fruit basket was nailed to the balcony so they had to call the janitor with the ladder to get the ball down but after some time they the bottom on the fruit basket was removed. 

7. In the beginning only his team knew about this odd form of conditionning but James wanted to develope the idea into something more. He would divide his 18 players into 2 teams of 9 players. 

9.  In the start there were originally only 13 rules for the game but it has now expanded to over 100.

also the number of team players were limited, before any number of people could play but now the size decreased to 5 in a team. 

Baskets also changed, we dont use peach baskets, we use "hoops" with backboards. 

11. I think it was fascinating how this game developed over time, rules were added or improved or suspended. But the game came to be because of one man.