2007-06-05 08:53:22 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
Dr J.
2007-06-09 07:55:25 · answer #1 · answered by Hi 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dr. James Naismith
2007-06-05 15:55:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In early December 1891, Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian physical education student and instructor at YMCA Training School[1] (today, Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, sought a vigorous indoor game to keep his students occupied and at proper levels of fitness during the long New England winters. After rejecting other ideas as either too rough or poorly suited to walled-in gymnasiums, he wrote the basic rules and nailed a peach basket onto a 10-foot (3.05 m) elevated track. In contrast with modern basketball nets, this peach basket retained its bottom, so balls scored into the basket had to be poked out with a long dowel each time. A soccer ball was used to shoot goals. Whenever a person got it in the basket, they would give their team a point. Whoever got the most points, they would win the game.[2]
2007-06-05 15:57:51 · answer #3 · answered by William R 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Dr. James Naismith
2007-06-05 15:55:09 · answer #4 · answered by I hate pink 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dr. James Naismith in 1891.
2007-06-05 15:57:11 · answer #5 · answered by The Dude 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
DR. Naismith
2007-06-05 15:57:20 · answer #6 · answered by cptndaveahoe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dr. James Naismith. They used to play with peach baskets and the whole nine. I believe it was for another recreation opportunity to play at the YMCA where he worked.
2007-06-05 15:56:51 · answer #7 · answered by somemo32 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there was a basketball hall of fame in springfield MA and no body knew what it was for so a couple of people went outside to play tether ball and the pole was knocked down so hung a wicker basket on a tree and threw the ball into it.
2007-06-05 16:01:54 · answer #8 · answered by HD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
James Naismith invented it... LeBron JAMES... revolutionized it for me... :)
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2007-06-05 16:28:23 · answer #9 · answered by Cavs in '09 ♥ Hurry Back BEN 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
james naismith
2007-06-05 16:10:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
somebody naismith. i learned that in 3rd grade
2007-06-05 15:57:28 · answer #11 · answered by {{{**`ATLkaramel`**}}} 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋