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Yes, it is much older. It's origins can be traced back thousands of years, though rules were only really formalised in the mid-nineteenth century, to bring together the many variations of the game. Basketball was only invented in the late nineteenth century.
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SteveYes, it is much older. It's origins can be traced back thousands of years, though rules were only really formalised in the mid-nineteenth century, to bring together the many variations of the game. Basketball was only invented in the late nineteenth century.
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What was the name of the content basketball before it was called basketball?
The name of the content basketball before it was called basketball is Soccer ball
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.
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 used?
the first basketball was a soccer ball
Who invented basketball and how is it different?
James Naismith invented basketball.
