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• Basketball was invented by James Naismith


  December 1891
• American Colonizers/Teachers introduce basketball in the Philippines


  1898
• Basketball was admitted as an Olympic Sports for the first time in Berlin


  1936
• Basketball


  A team sport, wherein the objective is to shoot a ball through a basket horizontally positioned to score points while following a set of rules
• Basketball


  • Usually, two teams of five players play on a marked rectangular court with basket at each width end
• 13 Original Rules


  • The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands

  2. The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands (never with the fist)

  3. A player cannot run with the ball

  4. The ball must be held in or between the hands

  5. No shouldering, holding, pushing, tripping, or striking in any way the person of an opponent

  6. A foul is striking at the ball with the fist, violation of Rules 3, 4, and such as described in Rule 5

  7. If either side makes three consecutive fouls, it shall count a goal for the opponents

  8. A goal shall be made when the ball is thrown or batted from the grounds into the basket and stays there

  9. When the ball goes out of bounds, it shall be thrown into the field of play by the person first touching it

  10. The umpire shall be judge of the men and shall note the fouls and notify the referee

  11. The referee shall be judge of the ball and shall decide when the ball is in play, in bounds, to which side it belongs, and shall keep the time

  12. The time shall be two 15-minute halves, with five minutes' rest between

  13. The side making the most goals in that time shall be declared the winner
• The first ball


  A soccer ball until 1840 when an actual "basketball" was invented, slightly smaller, about thirty inches in diameter
• The Basket


  • - First baskets were two peach baskets hung from the balcony of the gym
  • In 1906, the peach baskets were replaced by metal baskets with holes in the bottom
  • In 1913, a hoop with a net was invented so the basketball could fall freely to the ground
• Backboard


  • - Invented in 1893 due to the overzealous spectators interfering with the basketball
  • First backboard was constructed out of wire mesh, then wood, and now it is made from glass
• James Naismith published rules for a new game using five basic ideas and thirteen rules


  December 21, 1891
• The first basketball game


  • Naismith asked his class to play a match in the Armory Street court: 9 versus 9, using a soccer ball and two peach baskets
  • Someone proposed to call it "Naismith Game", but he suggested to name it basketball since basket and ball were equipment used
  • Differences from today's game: peach baskets were closed, balls had to be retrieved manually, small hole was put in the bottom to poke the ball out using a stick
  • Only in 1906 were metal hoops, nets and backboards introduced, and the soccer ball was replaced by a Spalding ball
• Professional leagues, teams, and organizations

  • - 1898: National Basketball League founded, participated by six teams
  • 1904: National Basketball League abandoned
  • 1922: First all-African American professional team founded
  • 1922-1928: Celtics dominated the World's Basketball Champions league
  • 1949: Celtics Team disbanded
  • 1909: Eastern Basketball League founded
  • 1921: Metropolitan Basketball League founded
  • 1925: American Basketball League founded
• Other important leagues that were founded: 1909 - Eastern Basketball League 1921 - Metropolitan Basketball League 1925 - American Basketball League