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History of Basketball

History of Basketball. James Naismith. Dr. James Naismith is known world-wide as the inventor of basketball. Duck-on-a-rock.

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History of Basketball

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  1. History of Basketball

  2. James Naismith • Dr. James Naismith is known world-wide as the inventor of basketball.

  3. Duck-on-a-rock • The concept of basketball was born from Naismith's school days in the area where he played a simple child's game known as duck-on-a-rock outside his one-room schoolhouse. • The game involved attempting to knock a "duck" off the top of a large rock by tossing another rock at it.

  4. Education • Naismith went on to attend McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. • After serving as McGill's Athletic Director, James Naismith moved on to the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA in 1891, where the sport of basketball was born.

  5. In Springfield, Naismith was faced with the problem of finding a sport that was suitable for play inside during the Massachusetts winter for the students at the School for Christian Workers.

  6. Naismith wanted to create a game of skill for the students instead of one that relied solely on strength. • He needed a game that could be played indoors in a relatively small space.

  7. The first game was played with a soccer ball and two peach baskets used as goals. Naismith joined the University of Kansas faculty in 1898, teaching physical education and being a chaplain.

  8. Education Continued • In addition to the creation of the basketball, James Naismith graduated as a medical doctor, primarily interested in sports physiology and what we would today call sports science and as Presbyterian minister, with a keen interest in philosophy and clean living.

  9. Basketball Takes Off • Naismith watched his sport, basketball, introduced in many nations by the YMCA movement as early as 1893. Basketball was introduced at the Berlin Olympics in 1936.

  10. Naismith was flown to Berlin to watch the games. He died in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1939. • Today basketball has grown to become one of the world's most popular sports.

  11. Growth of the Game • Basketball grew steadily but slowly in popularity and importance in the United States and internationally in the first three decades after World War II.

  12. Interest in the game deepened as a result of television exposure, but with the advent of cable television, especially during the 1980s, the game’s popularity exploded at all levels.

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