The lack of guidelines, however, soon proved problematic. Before I could pull them apart, one boy was knocked out, several of them had black eyes and one had a dislocated shoulder. The game may have been rough, but it was fun. The physical education instructor sat down and devised 13 rules for his invention and gave them to his secretary to type up onto two pages, which he posted in the gym.
The most important rule was that there could be no running with the soccer ball. It could only be thrown or batted from the spot where it was caught. We had a fine, clean sport. James Naismith teaching two women how to play basketball. Three consecutive fouls by a team resulted in a score for the opponents.
Basketball was not only for the boys, either. The instructors played against the students. Around spectators attended to discover this new sport they had never heard of or seen before. Students attending other schools introduced the game at their own YMCAs. The original rules were printed in a college magazine, which was mailed to YMCAs across the country. High schools began to introduce the new game, and by , basketball was officially recognized as a permanent winter sport.
The first intercollegiate basketball game between two schools is disputed, according to the NCAA. In , two school newspaper articles were published chronicling separate recordings of collegiate basketball games facing an opposing college team. The first recorded intercollegiate game between women took place between Stanford University and University of California at Berkeley in Louis as a demonstration event.
Wheelchair basketball in Cambodia changed these women's lives. As the sport continued its rapid spread, professional leagues began to form across the United States. Basketball fans cheered on their new hometown teams. The first professional league was the National Basketball League NBL formed in , comprised of six teams in the northeast. The league only lasted about five years. After it dissolved in , the league would be reintroduced 33 years later in with an entirely new support system, with Goodyear, Firestone, and General Electric corporations as the league owners, and 13 teams.
While professional sports leagues gained nationwide attention, college basketball was also a major fixture. The first collegiate basketball national champion was the University of Oregon. The team defeated Ohio State University.
Like most of the United States in the early to mid s, basketball was segregated. All-black teams were often referred to as colored quints or Negro cagers. They were amateur, semi-professional, and professional. Of the more than 1, collegiate basketball teams across all divisions of the NCAA, 68 teams play in the annual March Madness tournament.
The best college teams from each conference around the country compete for a place in the Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four and, ultimately, the national championship.
Though basketball might not be played the same way as it was when Naismith invented it—peach baskets have been replaced with nets, metal hoops and plexiglass blackboards—its evolution proves that the game has transcended a century. All rights reserved. Share Tweet Email. Read This Next Wild parakeets have taken a liking to London.
Animals Wild Cities Wild parakeets have taken a liking to London Love them or hate them, there's no denying their growing numbers have added an explosion of color to the city's streets. India bets its energy future on solar—in ways both small and big. Environment Planet Possible India bets its energy future on solar—in ways both small and big Grassroots efforts are bringing solar panels to rural villages without electricity, while massive solar arrays are being built across the country.
His students, forced indoors because of winter, had become rowdy. They had a lot of energy, but no way to burn it off. It was too cold to play football and baseball, and too dangerous to play those sports in the gym. The school asked Naismith to invent a new indoor sport.
Naismith remembered a rock-tossing game he played as a child. How about a game where players threw a ball at a target? The team that tossed the most balls into the target would win. Two peach baskets and a soccer ball were the equipment. Naismith put the baskets at each end of the gym, nailed 10 feet above the floor.
0コメント