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B a s k e t b a l l

Basketball- is a sport that is played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter and mounted at a height of 10 feet (3.048 m) to backboards at each end of the court. The game was invented in 1891 by Dr.James Neismith, who would be the first basketball coach of the Kansas Jayhawks, one of the most successful programs in the game's history.

History- In early December 1891, CanadianDr. James Naismith, a physical education professor and instructor at the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School in Springfiel, Massachusetts was trying to keep his gym class active on a rainy day. He sought a vigorous indoor game to keep his students occupied and at proper levels of fitness during the long new Englend winters. After rejecting other ideas as either too rough or poorly suited to walled-in gymnasium , he wrote the basic rules and nailed a peach basket onto a 10-foot (3.0 m) elevated track. In contrast with modern basketball nets, this peach basket retained its bottom, and balls had to be retrieved manually after each "basket" or point scored; this proved inefficient, however, so the bottom of the basket was removed, allowing the balls to be poked out with a long dowel each time. Basketball was originally played with a soccer ball. These round balls from "association football" were made, at the time, with a set of laces to close off the hole needed for inserting the inflatable bladder after the other sewn-together segments of the ball's cover had been flipped outside-in.These laces could cause bounce passes and dribbling to be unpredictable.Eventually a lace-free ball construction method was invented, and this change to the game was endorsed by Naismith. (Whereas in American fotball, the lace construction proved to be advantageous for gripping and remains to this day.) The first balls made specifically for basketball were brown, and it was only in the late 1950s that Tony Hynkle, searching for a ball that would be more visible to players and spectators alike, introduced the orange ball that is now in common use. Dribbling was not part of the original game except for the "bounce pass" to teammates. Passing the ball was the primary means of ball movement. Dribbling was eventually introduced but limited by the asymmetric shape of early balls. Dribbling only became a major part of the game around the 1950s, as manufacturing improved the ball shape.

International Basketball- FIBA (International Basketball Federation) was formed in 1932 by eight founding nincluded at the Berlin 1936 Summer Olimpycs, although a demonstration tournament was held in 1904. The United States defeated Canada in the first final, played outdoors. This competition has usually been dominated by the United States, whose team has won all but three titles. The first of these came in a controversial final game in Munich in 1972against the Soviet Union, in which the ending of the game was replayed three times until the Soviet Union finally came out on top. In 1950 the first FIBA World Championship for men, now known as the FIBA BAsketball Word Cup, was held in Argentina. Three years later, the first FIBA World Championship for Women, now known as the FIBA Basketball Womens World Cup, was held in Chile. Women's basketball was added to the Olympics in 1976, which were held in Montreal, Quebec , Canada with teams such as the Soviet union, Brazil and Australia rivaling the American squads. FIBA dropped the distinction between amateur and professional players in 1989, and in 1992, professional players played for the first time in the Olympic Games. The United States' dominance continued with the introduction of their Dream Team. In the 2004 Athen Olympics, the United States suffered its first Olympic loss while using professional players, falling to puerto Rico (in a 19-point loss) and Lithuania in group games, and being eliminated in the semifinals by Argentina. It eventually won the bronze medal defeating Lithuania, finishing behind Argentina and Italy. The "Reedem Team", won gold at the 2008 Olimpics , and the so-called "B-Team", won gold at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey despite featuring no players from the 2008 squad. The United States continued its dominance as they won gold at the 2012 Olympics ,FIBA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.Worldwide, basketball tournaments are held for boys and girls of all age levels. The global popularity of the sport is reflected in the nationalities represented in the NBA. Players from all six inhabited continents currently play in the NBA. Top international players began coming into the NBA in the mid-1990s, including Croatians Drazen Petrovic and Toni Kukoc, Serbian Vlade Divac, Lithuanians Arvydas Sabonis and Sarunas Marculius, Dutchman Rik Smith and German Deltef Schrmef.In the Philippines, the Philippe Basketball Associations first game was played on April 9, 1975 at the Arenta Coliseums in Cubao, Quezon City. Philippines. It was founded as a "rebellion" of several teams from the now-defunct Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association, which was tightly controlled by the Basketball Association of the Philippines (now defunct), the then-FIBA recognized national association. Nine teams from the MICAA participated in the league's first season that opened on April 9, 1975. The NBL is Australia's pre-eminent men's professional basketball league. The league commenced in 1979, playing a winter season (April–September) and did so until the completion of the 20th season in 1998. The 1998-99 season, which commenced only months later, was the first season after the shift to the current summer season format (October–April). This shift was an attempt to avoid competing directly against Australias Warious Football Codes . It features 8 teams from around Australia and one in New Zeland. A few players including Luc Longley, Andrew Gaze, Shane Heal, Chris Anstey and Andrew Bogut made it big internationally, becoming poster figures for the sport in Australia. The Womens National Basketball Leagues began in 1981.ations: Argentina, Czechoslovakia , Greece, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Romania and Switzerland. At this time, the organization only oversaw amateur players. Its acronym, derived from the French Fédération Internationale de Basket-ball Amateur, was thus "FIBA". Men's basketball was first

Women's basketball

Women's basketball began in 1892 at smith college when senda berenson, a physical education teacher, modified Naismith's rules for women. Shortly after she was hired at Smith, she went to Naismith to learn more about the game.Fascinated by the new sport and the values it could teach, she organized the first women's collegiate basketball game on March 21, 1893, when her Smith freshmen and sophomores played against one another.However, the first women's interinstitutional game was played in 1892 between the University of california and Miss Head's School.Berenson's rules were first published in 1899, and two years later she became the editor of A.G Spalding's first Women's Basketball Guide.Berenson's freshmen played the sophomore class in the first women's intercollegiate basketball game at smith collage , March 21, 1893.The same year, mount holyoke and Sopgie newcomb college (coached by clara gregory) women began playing basketball. By 1895, the game had spread to colleges across the country, including wellsey, vassar, and bryn mawr. The first intercollegiate women's game was on April 4, 1896. Stanford women played Berkeley, 9-on-9, ending in a 2–1 Stanford victory.