History of basketball

1.       The creator of basketball was Canadian James Naismith  

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.       It was invented in Springfield, Massachusetts

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.       Basketball was invented in the year 1891

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.       It was invented by using a peach basket and a soccer looking ball

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.       Basketball was invented as a way to keep in shape young athletes during winter

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.       At the beginning after every point a janitor had to use a ladder and get up to the basket and retrieve the ball

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.       At the start there were 13 rulers, and every team was composed of 9 players, and only peach baskets would be used

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.       The first shots were free throws

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.       The game is different now because it started with only 13 rules, and now it has a complicity of over 100 rules, also before a peach basket was used but it was then changed to an iron ring, the ball also changed a lot.

     

     The last thing about basketball is that it started as a little sport, but now is known world wide