Basketball History James Naismith, a Canadian
Description: Basketball History James Naismith, a Canadian American physical educator and innovator, invented the game of basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891 to keep his students active during the winter. The game was an immediate success
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slide1. Basketball<br>
slide2. History James Naismith, a Canadian American physical educator and innovator, invented the game of basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891 to keep his students active during the winter. The game was an immediate success and the original American sport spread instantly to other colleges and YMCAs. Naismith is pictured here with his wife Maude Evelyn Sherman Naismith. Naismith wanted to create a game that would be simple to understand but complex enough to be interesting. The game had to be playable indoors, and it had to accommodate several players at once. The game also needed to provide plenty of exercise for the students, yet without the physicality of football, soccer, or rugby since those would threaten more severe injuries if played in a confined space.<br>
slide3. Naismith approached the school janitor, hoping he could find two square boxes to use for goals. When the janitor came back from his search, he had two peach baskets instead. Naismith nailed the peach baskets to the lower rail of the gymnasium balcony, one on each side. The height of that lower balcony rail happened to be 10 feet. The students would play on teams to try to get the ball into their team’s basket.  A person was stationed at each end of the balcony to retrieve the ball from the basket and put it back into play<br>
slide4. Shooting<br>
slide5. BEEF<br>
slide6. Feet shoulder width apart. Knees bent<br>
slide7. 90-degree angle. Hand under the ball with the other supporting at the side<br>
slide8. Always looking at the basket (Target).
Back of the room, or the square.<br>
slide9. Shooting arm extends to the basket. Flick of the wrist as the ball is released. Follow Through<br>
slide10. Hand in The Cookie Jar<br>
slide2. History James Naismith, a Canadian American physical educator and innovator, invented the game of basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891 to keep his students active during the winter. The game was an immediate success and the original American sport spread instantly to other colleges and YMCAs. Naismith is pictured here with his wife Maude Evelyn Sherman Naismith. Naismith wanted to create a game that would be simple to understand but complex enough to be interesting. The game had to be playable indoors, and it had to accommodate several players at once. The game also needed to provide plenty of exercise for the students, yet without the physicality of football, soccer, or rugby since those would threaten more severe injuries if played in a confined space.<br>
slide3. Naismith approached the school janitor, hoping he could find two square boxes to use for goals. When the janitor came back from his search, he had two peach baskets instead. Naismith nailed the peach baskets to the lower rail of the gymnasium balcony, one on each side. The height of that lower balcony rail happened to be 10 feet. The students would play on teams to try to get the ball into their team’s basket.  A person was stationed at each end of the balcony to retrieve the ball from the basket and put it back into play<br>
slide4. Shooting<br>
slide5. BEEF<br>
slide6. Feet shoulder width apart. Knees bent<br>
slide7. 90-degree angle. Hand under the ball with the other supporting at the side<br>
slide8. Always looking at the basket (Target).
Back of the room, or the square.<br>
slide9. Shooting arm extends to the basket. Flick of the wrist as the ball is released. Follow Through<br>
slide10. Hand in The Cookie Jar<br>