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    Basketball is a professional indoor team sport. A physical education instructor James Naismith introduced the game of basketball in1891.James Naismith was a Canadian, born in Ontario, on November 1861.He studied at the Mc Gill University, Montreal. Later on, he served as an Athletic Director in Mc Gill University. Then he moved to United States and joined Y.M.C.A(Young Men’s Christian Association) Training School in, Springfield ,Massachusetts in 1890.While working as a physical education teacher in Y.M.C.A Training School, his superintendent Luther Gulick asked him to design a new sports activity for the students that could be played inside during the gloomy winter season of Massachusetts. James Naismith accepted those words as a challenge and just few days later came up with the idea of a new sport called, basketball, by mixing some aspects of outdoor sports like soccer and lacrosse with his child hood game, Duck on a Rock . Initially, soccer balls and wooden peach baskets were used to play the game and those baskets were attached to the walls at the height of 10 feet .

    Naismith,s class played the first ever game of basketball in mid December,1891,in Armory Street Court,a very small court as compare to the present day regular basketball court. Naismith asked his physical education class to assemble in court, divided the class of 18 students into two teams, and inserted 9 players in each team. He outlined  the basic rules of the game and made both teams familiar with the conditions and method of the game. In the original game plan, there were three forwards, three centers and three backs in each team. A referee was also appointed to monitor the play.  He instructed the teams to earn points by dropping the balls in the baskets of opposing sides,the team with more points will win the game. The baskets which had been used earlier, did not have holes at the bottom, so when the ball landed in the basket, it got stuck and referee had to bring the ball back to resume the game. The first basketball game lasted for 30 minutes and only one goal was scored throughout the match. William R. Chase was the player who scored the first ever goal in the history of basketball. The game of basketball remained nameless for several months, until a student suggested  to name it Naismith Ball,but in the end it was Naismith himself who decided to call it basketball.

    ORIGNAL RULES OF BASKETBALL

    James Naismith formed a set of 13 basic rules of basketball. These rules were published in the school newspaper in 1892

    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 but 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 when running at a good speed if he tries to stop.

    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, violation of Rules 3,4, and such as described in Rule 5.

    7. If either side makes three consecutive fouls, it shall count a goal for the opponents (consecutive means without the opponents in the mean time 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 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 of play by the person first touching it. In case of a 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 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 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 case of a draw, the game may, by agreement of the captains, be continued until another goal is made.




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