A part of the invention of modern basketball belongs to the native of Canada Dr. James Naismith, a teacher at Springfield College. Many teachers colleges in the USA were not quite popular among students because of its college football rudeness, games in which sometimes ended in fatalities athletes. Naismith was asked to come up with a mobile game is much more safe and suitable for indoor. In 1891, Naismith demonstrated his invention to colleagues and students. The main idea of this game was to get the ball up high in a horizontal target. The first basketball match held at Springfield College before Christmas 1891 for the history of basketball is a very important date.
While the number of players on the court is constantly changing a “3 by 3 ", the "5 to 5", then " 9 - 9 ".
In the early 20th century, it was decided to play basketball "5 on 5". At first, as a target for players served box from under the fruit from which it was necessary to get the ball. This forced her to cut the bottom, and soon gave way to the ring box with a grid attached to a special panel.
Basketball Rules continuously improved, mainly to make the game less contact, and strictly punish violators . The result was a very entertaining game.
Basketball debuted at the Olympics in 1936, is now the sport is very popular. The history of basketball is very rich. The greatest success in basketball was made by Americans. U.S. NBA basketball league (created in 1949) is the strongest in the world and get into it a great success for foreigners . Team USA Basketball won a huge number of world competition. It could be considered a basketball legend M. Jordan, S. Pipena, M. Johnson and many others.
Works Cited
Adolph H, Grundman (2004). The golden age of amateur basketball: the AAU Tournament, 1921–1968. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-7117-4.
Batchelor, Bob (2005). Basketball in America: from the playgrounds to Jordan's game and beyond. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7890-1613-3.
