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. Naismith would live long enough to get to see the sport that he had invented become a recognized Olympic sport.
Just a month after inventing basketball, Naismith would publish the rules to his game. The original game is very different from the one that is played today. For many years, a soccer ball was even used to play the game.
Players were allowed to throw the ball in any direction with one or two hands. The ball could be batted in any direction as well. Players could not run with the ball, forced to throw it from the spot they caught it. Naismith made an allowance for someone to come to a stop if they were running at full speed and caught the ball.
Since , 5-on-5 basketball has become the standard. Players used to be removed permanently from the game if they were substituted, by re-entry was allowed in Coaching was prohibited within the game until 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. Why it's so hard to treat pain in infants. This wild African cat has adapted to life in a big city. Animals Wild Cities This wild African cat has adapted to life in a big city Caracals have learned to hunt around the urban edges of Cape Town, though the predator faces many threats, such as getting hit by cars.
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. Go Further. Animals Wild Cities This wild African cat has adapted to life in a big city. Animals This frog mysteriously re-evolved a full set of teeth. Animals Wild Cities Wild parakeets have taken a liking to London.
Animals Wild Cities Morocco has 3 million stray dogs.
0コメント