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History of Basketball

Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith in Massachusetts. He created the game to be played indoors during winter using a soccer ball and peach baskets as goals. The game has since evolved with standard rules of 5 players per team, a leather ball, and a metal hoop affixed to a backboard at 10 feet. The rectangular court measures 94 feet long by 50 feet wide with multiple dividing lines. Players wear uniforms and basketball shoes to differentiate teams and protect ankles during play.

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History of Basketball

Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith in Massachusetts. He created the game to be played indoors during winter using a soccer ball and peach baskets as goals. The game has since evolved with standard rules of 5 players per team, a leather ball, and a metal hoop affixed to a backboard at 10 feet. The rectangular court measures 94 feet long by 50 feet wide with multiple dividing lines. Players wear uniforms and basketball shoes to differentiate teams and protect ankles during play.

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History of Basketball

What is Basketball?
Basketball is 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.

Basketball was invented in December 1891 by the Canadian clergyman, educator, and physician
James Naismith. Naismith introduced the game when he was an instructor at the Young Men's
Christian Association Training School (now Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts. At
the request of his superior, Dr. Luther H. Gulick, he organized a vigorous recreation suitable for
indoor winter play. The game involved elements of American football, soccer, and hockey, and the
first ball used was a soccer ball. Teams had nine players, and the goals were wooden peach
baskets affixed to the walls. By 1897-1898, teams of five became standard. The game rapidly
spread nationwide and to Canada and other parts of the world, played by both women and men; it
also became a popular informal outdoor game. U.S. servicemen in World War II (1939-1945)
popularized the sport in many other countries.

Facilities and Equipments


Basketball
Basketball is a tool that must be in the game of
basketball. Basketballs were made from panels of
leather stitched together with a rubber bladder
inside. A cloth lining was added to the leather for
support and uniformity. A molded version of the
early basketball was invented in 1942. For many
years, leather was the material of choice for
basketball coverings, however, in the late 1990s,
synthetic composite materials were put forth and
have rapidly gained acceptance in most leagues,
although the NBA's game balls still use real
leather (outside of a brief experiment with a
microfiber composite ball in 2006 that was not well
received by the players).
Basketball Ring
The basket consists of a ring and a net. The rings
were made of hard iron and the diameter of the
rings was 45 centimeters. The ring height is 305
centimeters from the floor surface and is installed
on the surface of the basketball board with a
distance of 15 centimeters. Meanwhile, the net is
hung from the ring, with a net length of 40
centimeters.

Basketball Board
The basketball board is made of 3 cm thick wood or
of a suitable transparent material, such as acrylic or
plastic glass. The basketball board is 180
centimeters long and 120 centimeters wide.

The board is 275 centimeters high from the floor


surface to the bottom of the board and is 120
centimeters perpendicular to the distance from the
center point of the finish line of the court.

Basketball Court
It is a rectangle with dimensions of 28 meters
long and 15 meters wide as measured from the
edge of the boundary line. In a basketball court,
there are several dividing lines such as the
three-point zone, semicircle line and the free-
throw line.

Basketball Uniform/Basketball Shoes


Each basketball player from each team must wear a
uniform so that when the game takes place, there will
be a difference between teammates and opponents.
Besides that, uniforms will also make the team more
solid and look attractive when playing.

Equipment that is no less important is basketball


shoes. The thing that distinguishes basketball shoes
from other shoes is their shape which is slightly higher
at the ankle, which aims to protect the ankle from the
risk of an ankle injury.

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