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In 1891 while at a physical fitness training course at the new YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts Dr. James Naismith tacked up a peach basket 10 feet up on a poll and invented the game of Basketball. They transformed old dance halls into basketball courts.

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the game he used to play "duck on a rock" ---- Naismith was a physical education teacher at the Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA Training School. He was attempting to create an activity to keep athletes in shape during winter months that could be played indoors.

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Dr. James Naismith invented the game of basketball as a way for football players he trained at Springfield College in Massachusetts to stay in shape during the winter.

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He did this by attaching two peach baskets to the top of ten feet ladders at the opposite ends of a gymnasium floor.

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he invented it by using a peach basket

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when he ate a borrito

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No

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