History of Basketball

The history of basketball started with its invention is 1891 in Springfield by a Canadian physical education instructor called James Naismith as a less injury prone sport than football. The game had established really quickly and had been very popular as the 20th century has progressed.

Dr James Naismith in December 1891 had published 13 rules for the new game. He divided his class of 18 into two teams of nine players each and set about to teach them the basics of his new game. The objective of the game was to throw the basketball into the fruit baskets nailed to the lower railing of the gym balcony. Every time a point was scored, the game was halted so the janitor could bring out a ladder and retrieve the ball. After a while, the bottoms of the fruit baskets were removed. The first public basketball game was played in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 11, 1892.

-Carney Liu