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A soccer ball, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball#Early_basketball. A soccer ball was used to play the first basketball game.
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∙ 13y agoThe first ball actually used was a soccer ball.
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∙ 13y agomany years back people used a hard stone-shaped ball into a whole in a wall and the loosing team or person was sacrificed..............
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∙ 15y agosurprise-- a soccer ball!!!
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∙ 11y agoSoccer balls
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∙ 13y agoa ball of yarn
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∙ 12y agoit was a big heavy ball
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What was the first basketball used?
the first basketball was a soccer ball
What is the first basketball ever used?
A soccer ball.
Why soccer ball was the first ball used to play basketball?
Soccer was known and played before Basketball. At first the game was said to involve elements of American Football, Soccer and Hockey but these were just a means to describing the new game to outsiders, so Soccer ball was used until the first Basketball was manufactured in 1894.
What was the first basketball game like?
The first ball game was with a bucket( used as a hoop. And if the ball made it into the bucket, you would climb up a latter to get it
What item was used as the first basketball?
When Dr. Naismith invented basketball he didn't have a 'basketball' to use. So, he looked around his gymnasium and decided that a soccer ball was the right size and he used that.
What was the first basketball used?
the first basketball was a soccer ball
The first basketball?
When basketball was invented, the ball used was a soccer ball.
What was used as the first basketball?
A soccer ball.
What was used for the first basketball?
A soccer ball
What did the first basketball ever used look like?
The first basketball wasent an auctual basketball it was a soccer ball.
Where and when did the ball used for basketball first appear?
Peach Baskets were used in the trial games at the Springfield Y.M.C.A. in l89l under the direction of James Naismith. Initially Soccer Balls were used before the standard and familiar orange ball was developed. By the way Soccer Balls were used for passing practice (Not actual play) by Church-League amateur cagers as late as the thirties such as the Bergen Point Baptist team in Bayonne. My dad played for this squad and they were just basketball players. Few were affiliated with the church, and in fvact dad was a Lutheran. so it goes. By this time the net baskets were standard.
What is the first basketball ever used?
A soccer ball.
What first basketball used to play basketball was a?
It was a heavy ball, Kinda like our today "Bowling Ball" It was slighty lighter to allow the ball to enter the hoop.
What kind of ball did James Naismith use for basketball?
He used a soccer ball at first then he changed it.
Why soccer ball was the first ball used to play basketball?
Soccer was known and played before Basketball. At first the game was said to involve elements of American Football, Soccer and Hockey but these were just a means to describing the new game to outsiders, so Soccer ball was used until the first Basketball was manufactured in 1894.
