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If by "they" you mean James Naismith and a group of boys at a YMCA in Springfield, Mass. then "they" would have to go upstairs to the balcony where the hoop was attached and take the ball down. Later they would have to send somebody up with a ladder every time a basket was scored. Then eventually they decided, "Hey, you know what? We should cut a hole in the bottom of the basket so we don't have to go up and get it every time we score!!!!"
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 10y agoThere are no baskets in Basketball. The name was derived from the original game where peach baskets were hung on the wall and players shot the ball into them. Today we have a rim and a net. Without the rim and net there would be nothing to shoot at.
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∙ 15y agobecause they did not have anything else so they just used peach baskets
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What did people use for basketball hoops before basketball hoop?
They used peach baskets
How was basketball actually was named basketball?
Because when basketball was first played they used peach baskets. Thus, The name BASKETball.
Who used peach baskets in basketball?
In December or 1891, James Naismith. (from Basketball for Dummies, pg.27)
How have basketball goals changed since 1882?
all i know is that they used to be peach baskets.
What was used as the basketball goals?
When James Naismith invented the game, the hoop was a peach basket WITH the bottom still in it.
Where were basketball goals first used?
The basketball was first discovered by a man named Dr. James Naismith. He taught at the YMCA training school in Springfield Massachusetts. He used peach baskets as the goals. The peach baskets then had the bottoms of them removed so that the ball could swish through the baskets instead of hitting the bottom.
What was used as the first basketball and hoop?
Peach baskets were nailed onto a 10 foot high track. The bottoms were left on the baskets so each time a shot was good the ball would have to be retrieved from the basket.
Where was basketball invented and did rich people play it or poor people?
its hard to day when exactly basketball was created, it was originally made by a peach salesman who used peaches and peach baskets to play.
Why is it called basketball?
For the first game of basketball in 1891, two half-bushel peach baskets were used as the goals, which gave the sport its name.
What is the diffenece between basketball today and basketball when it was invented?
Basketball today is not played with peach baskets anda ladder.
When James Naismith invented basketball what resceptacles did he use as goals?
Peach baskets
What did James Naismith use for his first basketball hoop?
The first basketball hoop was a peach basket.
