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History of Basketball

Dr. James Naismith is known worldwide as the inventor of basketball. He was born in
1861 in Ramsay township, near Almonte, Ontario, Canada. The concept of basketball was
born from Naismith’s school days in the area where he played a simple child’s game known
as the duck-on-a-rock outside his one room schoolhouse. The game involved attempting to
knock a “duck” off the top of a large rock by tossing another rock at it. Naismith went on to
attend McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

After serving as McGill’s Athletic Director, James Naismith moved on to the YMCA
Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA in 1891, where the sport of basketball
was born. In Springfield, Naismith was faced with the problem of finding a sport that was
suitable for play inside during the Massachusetts winter for the students at the School for
Christian Workers. Naismith wanted to create a game of skill for the students instead of one
that relied solely on strength. He needed a game that could be played indoors in a relatively
small space. The first game was played with a soccer ball and two peach baskets used as
goals.

James Naismith devised a set of Thirteen Rules of Basketball.

1. The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands.

2.The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands (never with
the fist).

3.A player cannot run with the ball. The player must throw it from the spot on
which he catches it, allowance to be made for a man who catches the ball
running at a good speed

4.The ball must be held in or between the hands; the arms or body must not
be used for holding it.

5. No shouldering, holding, pushing, tripping, or striking in any way the person

of an opponent shall be allowed; the first infringement of this rule by any
player shall count as a foul, the second shall disqualify him until the next goal
is made, or, if there was evident intent to injure the person, for the whole of the
game, no substitute allowed.

6.A foul is striking at the ball with the fist, violations of Rules 3, 4, and such as
described in Rule 5.

7.If either side makes three consecutive fouls, it shall count as a goal for the
opponents (consecutive means without the opponents in the meantime
making a foul).

8. A goal shall be made when the ball is thrown or batted from the grounds
into the basket and stays there, providing those defending the goal do not

Course Code: PATHFIT 4

Descriptive Title: SPORTS
Instructor: ABIGAIL P. ARIOLA
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touch or disturb the goal. If the ball rests on the edges, and the opponent
moves the basket, it shall count as a goal.

9.When the ball goes out of bounds, it shall be thrown into the field and play
by the first person touching it. In case of dispute, the umpire shall throw it
straight into the field. The thrower-in is allowed five seconds; if he holds it
longer, it shall go to the opponent. If any side persists in delaying the game,
the umpire shall call a foul on that side.

10. The umpire shall be the judge of the men and shall note the fouls and
notify the referee when three consecutive fouls have been made. He shall
have power to disqualify men according to Rule 5.

11. The referee shall be the judge of the ball and shall decide when the ball is
in play, in bounds, to which side it belongs, and shall keep the time. He shall
decide when a goal has been made, and keep account of the goals with any
other duties that are usually performed by a referee.

12. The time shall be two 15-minute halves, with five minutes' rest between.

13.The side making the most goals in that time shall be declared the winner.
In the case of a draw, the game may, by agreement of the captains, be
continued until another goal is made.
In addition to the creation of basketball, James Naismith graduated as a medical
doctor, primarily interested in sports as Presbyterian minister, with a keen interest in
philosophy and clean living. Naismith watched his sport, basketball, introduced in many
nations by the YMCA movement as early as 1936. Today, basketball has grown to become
one of the world’s most popular sports.

Basketball 101

Basketball is a running game. This means that the player must be continually moving,
but not always at high speed. In basketball a player uses 3 kinds of movement – walk, run
and sprint. The use of explosive speed (sprinting), when required, is much more important.
In the main game a player should walk and sprint moved than run.

Many sports have the same basic concept o offence – take the ball to the open
spaces, away from the defence, to be able to score more easily. These sports include all
field and court sports and include net sports (tennis, badminton, and volleyball). It seems
logical to teach the concept first and yet many basketball coaches (and those in other sports)
fail to teach this concept of what is being taught then we shall have trouble trying to relate
the more complex tasks involved in solving problems in that subject. So often coaches try to
teach players in the early stages what to play and not how to play.

Course Code: PATHFIT 4

Descriptive Title: SPORTS
Instructor: ABIGAIL P. ARIOLA