The game of basketball would not be around today if it wasn’t for one man, his name was James Naismith. James was born on November 6, 1861 in Ontario, Canada. He was born to the parents of John and Margaret Naismith. When James was only nine years old both of his parents had died, leaving James an orphan. This was a very rough time in James’ life. After becoming an orphan, he was raised by his very strict grandmother for a little bit, and then his bachelor uncle. While growing up James enjoyed hunting, the outdoors, and most of all, he loved playing sports with other people. Growing up, James decided to drop out of high school even though he was a very smart person. After dropping out of high school he worked as a logger in a lumber camp
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Because if it wasn’t for him we wouldn’t be able to play or watch the sport we all enjoy. It was 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts when James came up with the idea of basketball. Basketball was never meant to become as big as it is today. Naismith was just assigned to come up with a game that people in the YMCA could play during the winter, in between the seasons of football during the fall and lacrosse during the spring. Basketball is different from the invention of other sports because it was not evolved from a different sport and was made up by a single individual. Basketball is pretty much played the same way with the exception of quite a few rule changes (“James …show more content…
One of the most important advances in the game was the introduction of dribbling. Dribbling was introduced in 1900, and before that you could only pass the ball. Now you could dribble the ball with one hand, and this introduced new moves such as the crossover, half revers, and the behind the back dribble. Because of the invention of dribbling, you could not be called for traveling, which is when you walk with the ball without dribbling it. Another change to the game was blocking. Blocking can mean two things, it can either be a defensive foul or it can be when a defensive player blocks an offensive player’s shot at the basket. Charging was another change that was created for the game. Charging is when an offensive player is out of control and gets called for an offensive foul (“Peach
Because if it wasn’t for him we wouldn’t be able to play or watch the sport we all enjoy. It was 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts when James came up with the idea of basketball. Basketball was never meant to become as big as it is today. Naismith was just assigned to come up with a game that people in the YMCA could play during the winter, in between the seasons of football during the fall and lacrosse during the spring. Basketball is different from the invention of other sports because it was not evolved from a different sport and was made up by a single individual. Basketball is pretty much played the same way with the exception of quite a few rule changes (“James …show more content…
One of the most important advances in the game was the introduction of dribbling. Dribbling was introduced in 1900, and before that you could only pass the ball. Now you could dribble the ball with one hand, and this introduced new moves such as the crossover, half revers, and the behind the back dribble. Because of the invention of dribbling, you could not be called for traveling, which is when you walk with the ball without dribbling it. Another change to the game was blocking. Blocking can mean two things, it can either be a defensive foul or it can be when a defensive player blocks an offensive player’s shot at the basket. Charging was another change that was created for the game. Charging is when an offensive player is out of control and gets called for an offensive foul (“Peach