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∙ 15y agoBasketball was created in 1891 by a physical education professor and instructor at what is now Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. The first official game of basketball was played in Albany, New York in January 1892.
No. Women's basketball began in 1892 at Smith College when Senda Berenson, a physical education teacher at Smith, modified James Naismith's rules for women. Naismith invented basketball in late 1891. In 1895, the game of netball was invented by Clara Gregory Baer. Netball was derived from basketball and designed to be a non contact sport. Women were very instrumental in helping to develop and popularize the game of basketball.
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The first women's basketball team was located at Smith College, an all women's school in 1892. After this point, basketball gained popularity at other schools.
It was the winter of 1891-1892.
In the early 1890's James Naismith, a Canadian, invented basketball while teaching at Springfield College in Springfield Massachusetts. The first set of official rules were written in 1892, and players would shoot a volleyball into a wooden peach crate. so America
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Basketball was created in 1891 by a physical education professor and instructor at what is now Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. The first official game of basketball was played in Albany, New York in January 1892.
No. Women's basketball began in 1892 at Smith College when Senda Berenson, a physical education teacher at Smith, modified James Naismith's rules for women. Naismith invented basketball in late 1891. In 1895, the game of netball was invented by Clara Gregory Baer. Netball was derived from basketball and designed to be a non contact sport. Women were very instrumental in helping to develop and popularize the game of basketball.
males and females playing basketballbasketball was separated by the sex when it first came out. Basketball was never aloud to be played by both males and females together.
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