Cabungason, Yesha Mae (1BSA-05) PED026-Module 1-Assignment

Basketball

Sports are widely-spread around the world, from individual to team sports, every
game varied. In every sports there are guidelines, different instruments, best team and coach,
and techniques made by players. Some of the famous sports are volleyball, basketball,
badminton, pole vaulting, weightlifting, track and field and many more. This topic or study
focuses more on basketball, a game that can be played by 3 by 3 players or it can be played 5
by 5. It is a team sports where it composes of 12 members in every team. To fully discuss
basketball, here is its definition. Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, usually made
up of five players each, compete on a rectangular court. The goal is to get the ball through a
hoop mounted high on a backboard on the opposing team's side of the court while preventing
the opponent from shooting it into your hoop. It is a very popular sport all over the world, and
it is played with a round, bouncy orange (orange-brown) ball. Basketball players primarily
use dribbling, shooting, running, and jumping, known as dunking.

James W. Naismith, a Canadian, invented basketball in December 1891. He was an

instructor at the YMCA Training School in Massachusetts, and he was looking for an indoor
game to keep his students fit and warm during the cold New England winters. He devised 13
rules, the majority of which are still in effect today. The first women's game was held in 1893
at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA. Basketball was originally played with
peach baskets, and balls had to be manually retrieved after each score. Following that, a hole
was drilled into the basket's bottom, allowing the balls to be poked out with a long rod. The
peach baskets were finally replaced by metal hoops with backboards in 1906. Basketball was
invented with a soccer ball. The first basketball balls were brown, and it wasn't until the late
1950s that Tony Hinkle, looking for a ball that would be more visible to players and
spectators alike, introduced the orange ball that is now widely used. Basketball was
introduced in France in 1893, in England in 1894, in Australia, China, and India soon
thereafter, and in Japan in 1900. Basketball helped swell the membership of YMCAs because
of the availability of their gyms. But within five years the game was outlawed by various
associations because gyms were monopolized by 10 to 18 players. The first basketball was
played in 1894, and a soccer ball was used for the first two years. In 1903 it was ruled that all
boundary lines must be straight. Originally, players wore one of three styles of uniforms:
knee-length football trousers, jersey tights or short padded pants.

We all know that basketball are commonly played by gentlemen because of its strong
characteristics where it requires a player who is tough, have well-toned muscles, and strong
endurance. Sprains, muscle soreness, and injuries can’t be avoided while playing this sports.
You must be alert, prepared, and sturdy to win this game. We are now living in an era where
feminism are greatly expressed. We live in a generation where we believe that women can
also do what men can. I was captivated to play this game because I want to become a good
leader and follower because we all know that basketball is a team sport and as a player you
must be willing to cope up with your teammates in order to win the game, a good leadership
and team-building must be you and your teammates top priority. I want to challenged myself,
to do more than what I commonly do, to prove to the others that I’m not just an ordinary girl,
rather I am a woman, who is a trailblazer who is very ready to capture new horizons.
Basketball is my key to develop another potential or ability that I can use in building the best
version of myself.