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Basketball: Its Origin and Development

James Naismith

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James Naismith was teaching physical education at the Young Men's Christian Association Training College in Springfield, Massachusetts, and felt discouraged because calisthenics and gymnastics didn't engage his students. What was needed was an indoor wintertime game that combined recreation and competition. One evening he worked out the fundamentals of a game that would quickly catch on. Two peach half-bushel baskets gave the name to the brand new sport in late 1891. Basketball: Its Origin and Development was written by the inventor himself, who was inspired purely by the joy of play. Naismith, born in northern Ontario in 1861, gave up the ministry to preach clean living through sport. He describes Duck on the Rock, a game from his Canadian childhood, the creative reasoning behind his basket game, the eventual refinement of rules and development of equipment, the spread of amateur and professional teams throughout the world, and the growth of women's basketball (at first banned to male spectators because the players wore bloomers). Naismith lived long enough to see basketball included in the Olympics in 1936. Three years later he died, after nearly forty years as head of the physical education department at the University of Kansas. This book, originally published in 1941, carries a new introduction by William J. Baker, a professor of history at the University of Maine, Orono. He is the author of Jesse Owens: An American Life and Sports in the Western World.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Bison
  • Publish Date: Jan 1st, 1996
  • Pages: 192
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.64in - 5.36in - 0.50in - 0.61lb
  • EAN: 9780803283701
  • Categories: • Basketball

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About the Author

This book, originally published in 1941, carries a new introduction by William J. Baker, a professor of history at the University of Maine, Orono. He is the author of Jesse Owens: An American Life and Sports in the Western World.

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All hail @mikelaskey…. Basketball was invented here, on the NE corner of State and Sherman in Springfield, MA. Job creator par excellence James Naismith, I salute you!

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Formerly covered Arizona State sports, Phoenix Mercury and the Olympics for azcentral sports in my 46-year newspaper career.

Final score of the first basketball game -- aka James Naismith on Dec. 21, 1891 -- was 1-0

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