History of Basketball and Equipment
History of Basketball and Equipment
BASKETBALL
Let’s talk
about the 5 Ws
What?
Basketball - a team sport
played by two teams of five
players on a rectangular
court. The objective is to
shoot a ball through a
hoop.
Who?
James Naismith - the
Inventor of Basketball,
Born on November 6,
1861 in Almonte,
Ontario, Canada.
James Naismith was a
Canadian and
American sports
coach, christian
chaplain, innovator.
When?
December
1891
Where?
Founded in 1885, as the
Young Men's Christian
Association(YMCA)departmen
t of the School for Christian
Workers in Springfield,
Massachusetts.
Why?
Because they needed a
sport to play indoors for
the winter because it was
too cold to play baseball or
football outside.
First
Equipment in
playing
Basketball
Peach Basket
The first baskets
that were used
were two peach
baskets that
were hung from
the balcony of
the gym.
Ball
They created a leather ball
that was sewn together with
laces, having a rubber
bladder inside. The ball
weighed a bit less than 20
ounces, and it was of brown
color. The first basketball's
had a circumference of 32
inches, which was about four
inches bigger than a standard
soccer ball
EQUIPMENT
OF
BASKETBALL
Court
FIBA, For the international
games is 28 by 15 meters
(approx. 92 by 49 ft.)