It all started with a children's game by the inventor, Dr. James Naismith, who was playing outside the school building when he was young. This game was called Duck-on-a-Rock and was aimed at throwing another rock and knocking out a duck from the rock.
This was given to Dr. Naismith, who then came up with the concept of the game and presented it to students at the YMCA Training School in 1891. Due to the cold weather, Christian Workers School trainees needed a game that could be played indoors and was less powerful. He then used two baskets as goals and devised a ball game in which both teams competed for the most shots. In addition to the game itself, he also outlines the first 13 rules for playing the game, covers guidelines, distinguishes between violations and fouls, and explains the role of referees and assistant referees, including the duration of each game.
These events led to the game's actual birth on 1881/12/21, when it was first played after Dr. Luther Gulick, head of the YMCA's physical education department, gave his employees two weeks to create a new game.
Students at YMCA Training School initially liked it as the game was developed over the next few years. Naismith had a hard time convincing students to end the game after each session.
The game took place at the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, where the US team defeated the Canadian team 19-8. At this point, 22 countries have entered the contest. In 1976, women's basketball was introduced to the Olympics.
On August 3, 1949, the National Basketball Association was established in New York City. But before that, the NBA (National Basketball League) was formed in 1937, and the Basketball Association of America (BAA) was formed in 1946. The NBA is currently the largest group in basketball history. Since the NBA was formed, the only two teams that have held onto their names are the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics.
The first women's college basketball took place on April 4, 1896, at Page Street Armory in San Francisco, where Cal and Stanford met. Unlike the physical and intense play seen in today's WNBA, in 1896, the women's basketball team maintained a feminine approach to the game and the rules were changed to accommodate this natural trend. Stanford then defeated the Cal team 2-1.
These events have led to the popularity of basketball in our time.
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