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Among them that a player cannot run with the ball. The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands. But cannot be held with the arms or body.
The original baskets that players threw the ball into were half-bushel peach baskets. These baskets were nailed to the railing of the gym’s balcony at either end of the court. Whenever a goal was scored, a person standing on the balcony had to reach in and take the ball out of the basket.
Basketball was immediately popular. It spread to YMCAs throughout America and in many other countries. Women’s basketball was introduced at Smith College in 1892 and rapidly took off. By 1905, there were private athletic clubs for basketball. There were high school and college teams.
Basketball was first played at the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, in 1936. it was the very first time the Olympics included basketball. James Naismith himself threw the opening jump ball at that first basketball game in the Olympics.

2007-03-22 06:57:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Homework Help

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Some of the rules included: that a player cannot run with the ball and the ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands, but cannot be held with the arms or body.
The original baskets that players threw the ball into were half-bushel peach baskets. These baskets were nailed to the railing of the gym’s balcony at either end of the court. Whenever a goal was scored, a person standing on the balcony had to reach in and take the ball out of the basket.
Basketball immediately became popular. It spread to YMCAs throughout America and in many other countries. Women’s basketball was introduced at Smith College in 1892 and rapidly took off from there. By 1905, there were private athletic clubs for basketball as well as high school and college teams.
Basketball was played for the first time in the Olympic games in Berlin, Germany in 1936. James Naismith himself threw the opening ball.

2007-03-22 07:13:15 · answer #1 · answered by MaggieMaeBrowne 2 · 0 0

I did the best I could, but don't rely on it too much.
Here's the revised copy of your paragraph:
Basketball was first played in the Olympic Games at Berlin, Germany, in 1936. It was the very first time that Olympics included Basketball. James Naismith threw the opening jump ball at that first Basketball game in the Olympics.
The original baskets that players threw the ball into were half-bushel peach baskets. These baskets were nailed to the railing of a gym’s balcony at either end of the court. Whenever a goal was scored, a person standing on the balcony had to reach in and take the ball out of the basket.
Basketball was popular immediately. It spread to YMCA s across America and many other countries. Women’s basketball was introduced at Smith College in 1892 and the new sport rapidly took off. By 1905, there were private athletic clubs for Basketball. High School and College teams were formed.
One of the many rules of Basketball is that a player may not run with the ball. The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands. But it may not be held with any other parts of the body.

2007-03-22 07:20:02 · answer #2 · answered by gamma_wave 3 · 0 0

( I would write this first) Basketball is immediately popular. It spreads to YMCAs throughout America, and in many other countries. Women’s basketball was introduced at Smith College in 1892, and it rapidly took off. By 1905, there were private athletic clubs for basketball. There were high school and college teams.
Basketball was first played at the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, in 1936. It was the very first time the Olympics included basketball. James Naismith himself threw the opening jump ball at that first basketball game in the Olympics
Among them that a player cannot run with the ball (Among What). The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands. But the ball cannot be held with the arms or body.
The original baskets that players throw the ball into are half-bushel peach baskets. These baskets are nailed to the railing of the gym’s balcony at either end of the court. Whenever a goal is scored, a person standing on the balcony has to reach in and take the ball out of the basket.

2007-03-22 07:16:03 · answer #3 · answered by labo 2 · 0 0

I get paid good money to edit. Why should I do it for free? Take responsibility for your own work and education.

2007-03-22 07:05:18 · answer #4 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0 1

Your first paragraph has two incomplete sentences.

2007-03-22 07:05:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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