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James Naismith
James Naisith was born on 1861 near Almonte, Ontario, Canada. James thought of the game when he was an instructor at Young Men's Christian Association Training School. He designed the game by combining american football, soccer, and hockey, and the first ball used was a soccer ball. The game was originally played with peach baskets on either side of the "court".
First Rules of the Game
- The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands.
- The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands, but never with a fist.
- A player cannot run with the ball.
- The ball must be held in or between the hands. The arms or body must not be used for holding it.
- No shouldering, holding, pushing, striking or tripping in any way of an opponent.
- A foul is striking at the ball with the fist, violations of Rules 3 and 4 and such as described in Rule 5.
- If either side make three consecutive fouls it will count as a goal for the opponents.
- Goal shall be made when the ball is thrown or batted from the ground into the basket and stays there, providing those defending the goal do not touch or disturb the goal.
- When the ball goes out of bounds, it shall be thrown into the field and played by the first person touching it. The thrower-in is allowed five seconds. If he holds it longer, it shall go to the opponent.
- The umpire shall be judge of the men and shall note the fouls and notify the referee when three consecutive fouls have been made. He shall have the power to disqualify men according to Rule 5.
- The referee shall be the judge of the ball and decide when it 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.
- The time shall be two 15-minute halves with five minutes rest between.
- The side making the most goals in that time shall be declared the winners.
How to play
The object of playing basketball is to score more points than the opponent. To score a point the ball must go through the hoop of the attacking side of the court. When a team has the ball they are on offense. The team without the ball is on defense and they are trying to not let the other team shot the ball through the hoop.