Basketball : The History And History Of Basketball

Being six foot four means I get a lot of stares and attention when I walk down the street. Most people will look at me in astonishment and say things like “wow you’re tall!” or “how tall are you?” when they see me. But the question I get asked the most from random strangers is “Do you play basketball?” Depending on what kind of mood I’m in, I answer in one of two ways. In both ways I tell the person asking “no,” but my attitude while doing so differs. Most of the time I find this question rather annoying. Just because I’m tall doesn’t mean that I play basketball, nor have I ever. It’s a question that I’ve gotten practically my whole life, but anymore I tend to spend more time thinking about the bigger picture behind it.

During the winter of 1892 in a town in Massachusetts a physical education teacher, Dr. James Naismith, at a YMCA school created a game where young men could play indoors aside from going outside in the freezing cold. To be prepared for the game, Dr. Naismith came up with some rules for the game, gathered two peach baskets for hoops, a soccer ball, and coached the first basketball game in history.

“According anywhere from Australia to the United States and everywhere in between the game of basketball is played.” (Faurschou, “History of basketball”). The game is played anywhere where you can get a ball and something to throw the ball through. “G.L Pierce patented basketball on June 25, 1929.” (Bellis, “Basketball-James Naismith”). Basketball became an official Olympic sport in the 1936 game.

There are many high school basketball phenoms that are scouted by pro teams even when they are in high school. A select few in the past have gone straight to the NBA out of high school and had a lot of success, while some players go to college all four years to develop their skills at the next level. However, there are athletes that will waste one year at the college level just so they could get to the NBA. Why would you waste one year of your life when you could have already been in the NBA a year earlier? Basketball players should either go to college all four years and enhance their skills and get a solid education. If not, skip college and go straight to the NBA, rather than wasting a year of your life, and possibly a classroom seat for a person who wanted to get an education.

Thesis: Basketball was invented by James Naismith in 1839. The objective was to throw the basketball into fruit baskets strapped to the railing of the gym balcony. As you can see the game of basketball has changed tons over the years and continues to grow.

In sociology, there are 3 paradigms. There is the conflict theory perspective, the symbolic-interaction perspective and the structural-functionalist perspective. From a conflict paradigm point of view, the essay would focus on gender and how the assumption that girls lack the same level of strength and stamina as men. The WNBA (Women National Basketball League) doesn’t get the same amount of respect as the males do in the NBA (National Basketball League). Another issue could be that the NBA players have a higher annual salary than an average teacher. A structural-functionalist approach could be focused on how it creates jobs (the NBA) and academically too. Basketball could also be focused on how

Ever since that day Dr. Naismith came up with the idea of basketball the game was immediately taken in and spread through out the many other YMCA’s. It was soon that the simple game to keep is gym class active that was a male sport would be adapted by women schools. Normal regulations for basketball were that two teams of at least five players on a rectangular court playing ten minute quarters and in every game their is four quarters. The main point of the game is to get the ball used to play into the hoop or “basket”. That is mounted on a ten feet high backboard on each end of the court. Each team is given a specific basket to score upon and defend. After two quarters a half time is given then the teams would switch baskets to score and defend. Scores are counted by twos and threes depicted on where the team with the ball or “offense” has shot from. The only time that a team could score one point at a time is when the offensive player is fouled by a defensive player. The team with the most points scored at the end of the four quarters is the winner. But in 1895 when the

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Basketball started in 1891. It has now grown into one of the most popular sports in history. Basketball was invented in December 1891 by Canadian James W. Naismith. An instructor at the YMCA Training School in Massachusetts, he sought a suitable indoor game to keep his students fit and warm during the cold New England winters. With wire mesh backboards. He formulated 13 rules, most of which still apply today. In 1893, the first women’s game was played at the Smith College, in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA. And soon to spread all over the world.

The National Basketball Association is a professional basketball league that racks in billions of dollars each year. Basketball has become one of the most world-renown sports since it first started. Although basketball may seem like it was an instant hit and has been around forever that is not the case.

NBA basketball is has gotten more and more strict since the game itself started. Nowadays if you go up for a layup and get pushed a little, you either fall or flop and it's called a foul. If you argue with a player or a ref you get a technical foul called on you. The refs break up all the fights now, if you start getting in each others face the fight will get broken up and you will get punished. Back in 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, and early 2000’s players could settle their beef with each other on the court. Some players who played physical in the old NBA days are Dennis Rodman, Kobe Bryant, and Charles Oakley.

James Naismith or the founder of the game we all love, started it all with just two peach baskets and a soccer ball. Dr. James A. Naismith was a P.E. instructor who wanted to develop a game that would work on wooden floors and an enclosed space. Naismith was inspired by a game called duck-on-a-rock, the objective of the game was to throw a small rock at a “duck” placed on top of a large rock in an attempt to knock the “duck” off. After much thought and deliberation over the name and rules, the game of basketball was born in 1891. Dr. Naismith then went on to write a rulebook consisting of 13 rules and regulations to bring further structure to the game. These rules are still the foundation of the game of basketball we know today. After hearing of the new game of Basketball, the University of Kansas hired Dr. Naismith to launch the first ever basketball program.

If while you were watching the NBA and ever asked yourself how the sport and all it is about became what it is today, here are a few things that could help answer those questions.

The NBA has been around for generations way before our parents were even born. It is a well known that it started there as US is responsible for inventing it but the question is how did its origins come to existence. As a NBA fan decided to research the origins and piecing two and two together managed to create a essay describing its origin from a simple sport invented in the US to a sport so popular it is now played internationally.

He got to thinking and started combining ideas from other games to make the game of what it is known today as basketball. Naismith invented this game in 1891 (Faurschou).