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    N Early December 1891, Dr. A Physicaleducat: Canadia N American Ja Mes Naismith

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    Dr. James Naismith, a physical education professor at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, was trying to keep his gym class active on a rainy day in early December 1891. He created a new indoor game that involved throwing a soccer ball into peach baskets to keep his students occupied. The rules of basketball were developed and the first game was played with a soccer ball and a peach basket as the goal. Over time, the game evolved as the balls and hoops were improved, allowing aspects like dribbling and passing to become major parts of modern basketball.

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    Dr. James Naismith, a physical education professor at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, was trying to keep his gym class active on a rainy day in early December 1891. He created a new indoor game that involved throwing a soccer ball into peach baskets to keep his students occupied. The rules of basketball were developed and the first game was played with a soccer ball and a peach basket as the goal. Over time, the game evolved as the balls and hoops were improved, allowing aspects like dribbling and passing to become major parts of modern basketball.

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    Dr. James Naismith, a physical education professor at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, was trying to keep his gym class active on a rainy day in early December 1891. He created a new indoor game that involved throwing a soccer ball into peach baskets to keep his students occupied. The rules of basketball were developed and the first game was played with a soccer ball and a peach basket as the goal. Over time, the game evolved as the balls and hoops were improved, allowing aspects like dribbling and passing to become major parts of modern basketball.

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    n early

    December
    1891,Canadia
    n
    AmericanDr.Ja
    mes
    Naismith,a
    physicaleducat

    ion professor
    and instructor
    at the
    International
    Young
    Men'sChristian
    Association
    Training

    School (YMCA)
    (today,Springfi
    eld
    College) inSpri
    ngfield,Massac
    husetts, USA),
    was trying to
    keep his gym

    class activeon
    a rainy day.
    He sought a
    vigorous
    indoor game
    to keep his
    studentsoccup
    ied and at

    proper levels
    of fitness
    during the
    longNewEngla
    ndwinters.
    After rejecting
    other ideas as
    either too

    rough or
    poorlysuited
    to walledingymnasiums
    ,he wrote the
    basicrulesand
    nailedapeachb
    asket onto a

    10-foot
    (3.05 m)
    elevated
    track. In
    contrast
    withmodern
    basketball
    nets, this

    peach basket
    retained its
    bottom, and
    ballshad to be
    retrieved
    manually after
    each "basket"
    or point

    scored;
    thisproved
    inefficient,
    however, so
    the bottom of
    the basket
    wasremoved,
    [4]

    allowing the
    balls to
    bepoked out
    with a
    longdoweleach
    time.Basketba
    ll was
    originally

    played
    withasoccer
    ball.The first
    balls
    madespecifical
    ly for
    basketball
    were

    brown,and it
    was only in
    the late
    1950sthat Ton
    y
    Hinkle,searchi
    ng for a
    ballthat would

    be more
    visible to
    playersand
    spectators
    alike,
    introduced
    theorange ball
    that is now in

    common
    use.Dribbling
    was not part
    of the
    originalgame
    except for the
    "bounce pass"
    toteammates.

    Passing the
    ball was
    theprimary
    means of ball
    movement.
    Dribbling was
    eventually
    introduced

    but limited by
    the
    asymmetric
    shape of early
    balls.
    Dribbling only
    became
    amajor part of

    the game
    around the
    1950s, as
    manufacturing
    improved
    theball
    shape.The
    peach baskets

    were used
    until 1906
    when they
    were finally
    replacedby
    metal hoops
    with
    backboards. A

    further change
    was soon
    made, so the

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