When Basketball was first made it was used for a gym game and they put baskets on top of poles, that is where the name came from.
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What you need for basketball?
We need a basketball court with a basket net and a basketball.
What do you call a score in basketball?
A basket
What is another name for basket in basketball?
A hoop, score, or net
Is a netball goal called a net?
no because in basketball it is called a basket
What do you call a basketball ring?
It's a basket. Henca why it's called basketball.
Why was the basketball net invented?
The basketball net was invented because when they use the peach baskets the ball couldn't come through and they would have to climb up and get the basketball out of the basket.
What do they call making a basket in basketball?
A "basket" (score) is called a goal or a field goal.
What is the purpose of a basketball?
Throw it into a BASKET (net) of course! its a game play object.
What do you call the area underneath the basket in basketball?
The post or key.
What is an engaging name for basketball?
Ball 'n a basket! Some people call basketball "hoops".
What aretwo nouns about basketball?
The two nouns that form basketball are the ball and the basket. The game was originally played by nailing a bushel basket to a pole, which has since been replaced by the hoop and net.
Where did the basketball net came from?
When basketball was first found, they used a laundry basket as a goal. then the rim was invented, then someone just had the idea to make a net out of string. By the time u knew it, it was known as a net.
Was basketball still the same when it first invented?
no they used a real basket insted of a net and basketball players used to wear tights.
What did they call basketball in 1891?
James Naismith called his invention "Basket Ball".
What is another word for rim in basketball?
Goal, or I heard some call it basket
Dimension of basketball ring?
The basket or basketball hoop is made out of steel, has a circular shape and with a net attached to it. It has a precise diameter of 18 inches.
What are basketball equpiment?
ball= a rubber round ball that you use to shoot into the basket basket= a tall hole that lets the ball come through the hole net= part of the basket rim= the outside part of the basket
In basketball how and where can you score from?
In Basketball you score by getting the ball through the centre of the hoop (ring, basket, net) and you can score from anywhere within the boundaries of the court.
When was the basketball net invented?
The origins of basketball and the basketball net trace back to 1891, when an instructor at YMCA named Dr. James Naismith nailed a peach basket onto an elevated track. He also wrote basic rules for the game.
What was used as the orgininal basket in basketball?
The first basket for basketball used was accutally a peach basket and basketball was invented by a canidian named James Naismith! :)
What is meant by nothing but net?
"Nothing but net" can refer to basketball, when a player makes a perfect shot into the basket where the ball only touches then net. It is also a charitable organization supported by the UN.
How was basketball named?
There was a basket...and a ball...and they tried getting the ball IN the basket...hence basketball
How did basketball get the name basketball?
Because the first basket was a peach basket by Dr James Naismith who invented basketball.
How do you spell baskeball in french?
Assuming that you mean basketball and just left out the "t" (instead of baseball and accidentally added a "k"), they call it le basket. To play basketball is jouer au basket.
In basketball are you scoring into the opponents basket or your own basket?
your own basket
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