Dr. James Naismith was a PE teacher working in a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts. In need of a game that the children could play indoors during the winter in a relatively small space, Dr.Naismith took two peach baskets and a soccer ball and on 1891 the first ever game of basketball was played. The game soon developed as it became more popular. A decade later, bottomless nets started to be used which eliminated the need to manually remove the ball from the baskets after every made shot. Soon more and more changes were made to improve the sport as it got more and more popular. Basketball has definitely come a long way since 1891, it started off as a little game to play when it was too cold out and has evolved into an international sport loved and played by young and old.
picture from: http://www.kansasheritage.org/people/naismith.html
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