History of Basketball

History of Basketball

1. The "history of basketball" begins with the invention of the game in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts in the United States. Canadian James Naismith invented the first basketball game.The first basketball type game may have been played by the early Olmec people of ancient Mexico as early as 500 years ago. The Aztec, and Mayan cultures also had a game similar to basketball, only instead of a rubber ball they used the decapitated skulls of their conquered foes. The first true basketball game as we know it was on January 20th, 1892 in Springfield , Massachusetts. Canadian Doctor James Naismith invented the game for the YMCA to play during the winter months. Naismith wrote simple rules for the game , and nailed up two peach baskets for hoops, most of original Naismith rules are still in place since then,such as in the original game bouncing the ball was prohibited . Of the 13 rules, nine have been modified and kept in the modern game of basketball, the rest have been disregarded.The first competitive basketball leagues were all local leagues , usually within the larger eats coast cities like New York  , Philadelphia , and Boston . On some occasion's teams from other regions would travel to play another team. Once such occasion took place November 7 , 1896. This was the first known professional basketball game was played in Trenton New Jersey between the Trenton YMCA and the Brooklyn YMCA. The game was played at the Trenton Masonic temple, an admission fee was charged for admittance into the game. Each player got $15 expect Fred Cooper who got $16 dollars, and became the first highest paid player. Trenton  defeated Brooklyn !5-1 to win the first ever professional basketball game . James Naismith was the Canadian physical education instructor who invented basketball in 1891. James Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario and educated at McGill University and Presbyterian Cllege in Montreal. He was the physical education teacher at McGill University (1887 to 1890) and at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts (1890 to 1895). At Springfield College (which was then the Y.M.C.A. training school), James Naismith, under the direction of American phys-ed specialist Luther Halsey Gulick, invented the indoor sport of basketball.
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