In the history of sports, basketball is known to be the

only major sports that is completely American in origin.

It was invented by Dr. James A. Naismith, a physical
education director of the YMCA training school in
Springfield Massachusetts, in 1891. He used soccer ball
and two peach baskets as goals hung at the opposites
end of the gymnasium. He devised 13 rules to carry out
with the game. Basketball was first played on January
20, 1892 with 18 players, nine on each side. It spread out
surprisingly all-over United States and finally in other
parts of the world. And in 1936, it was added as an
official event in the Olympic Games.

LEBRON JAMES
LeBron Raymone James Sr. is an
American professional basketball
player for the Los Angeles
Lakers of the National Basketball
Association. Widely considered
one of the greatest NBA players
in history, James is frequently
compared to Michael Jordan in
debates over the greatest
basketball player of all time.
Soccer, game played by two teams on a
rectangular field, in which players attempt to
knock a round ball through the opponents’
goal, using any part of the body except the
hands. Generally, players use their feet and
heads as they kick, dribble, and pass the ball
toward the goal. One player on each team
guards the goal. This player, the goalkeeper, is
the only player allowed to touch the ball with
the hands while it is in play.

Lionel Messi
Lionel Andrés Messi is an
Argentine professional
footballer who plays as a
forward and captains
both Spanish club
Barcelona and the
Argentina national team.
Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William C.
Morgan, who was physical education director
of the YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He
developed the game to provide an indoor game
for the winter months in which relatively large
groups of men could participate in a small
gym. The principal features of tennis were
employed, but the net was raised and the
players struck the bladder of a basketball with
their hands instead of racquets.

KARCH KIRALY
Charles Frederick "Karch"
Kiraly is an American volleyball
player, coach and broadcast
announcer. In the 1980s he
was a central part of the U.S
National Team that won gold
medals at the 1984 and 1988
Olympic Games.
 Tennis is a racket sport that can be
played individually against a single
opponent or between two teams of two
players each. Each player uses a tennis
racket that is strung with cord to strike
a hollow rubber ball covered with felt
over or around a net and into the
opponent's court.

Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian
professional tennis player. He is
currently ranked as world No. 1 by
the Association of Tennis
Professionals. Djokovic has been
No. 1 for a record total of 318
weeks, and has finished as year-
end No. 1 on six occasions, an Open
Era record shared with Pete
Sampras.
Badminton is a racquet sport
played using racquets to hit a
shuttlecock across a net. Although
it may be played with larger teams,
the most common forms of the
game are "singles" and "doubles".

Lin dan
Lin Dan is a Chinese
former professional
badminton player. He is a
two-time Olympic
champion, five-time World
champion, as well as a six-
time All England
champion.
❖ Take time off

❖ Wear the right gear

❖ Strengthen muscles

❖ Increase flexibility

❖ Use the proper technique

❖ Take breaks

❖ Play safe

❖ Do not play through pain

❖ Avoid heat illness