The backboard became part of Basketball in 1893 because before backboards, the players would run into the wall when they tried to do a lay up.(back then, the hoops just stuck out of the wall). so then, they decided to make a backboard and stick it out from the wall so the players could do lay ups and not crash into the walls and hurt themselves.
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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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.
Dunking of the basketball in the American Basketball Association was banned from 1967 to 1976. It was brought back because of its popularity.
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They were invented back in 1894 by James Henry
no basketball was unfortunantly not invented back then
Back in 1891
The way it works is that you can not run or dribble the basketball (back when it was invented). You can not take more than one step with the ball.
most likley... they just drew on in the dirt with a stick -The beginning -The front -The place where they belong
Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith. Soccer has been around forever. It may have even been dated back to the 2nd or 3rd BC!
The mouse trap was invented in 1894 by Henry Atkinson. It has the same design we is today, the basic pull back lock and fire. i love to make answers
The game of Basketball was invented by James Naismith, back in 1892. It was in 1893, that the first College Basketball game was played. It was between New Brighton and Geneva College. The first game was held in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, home of Geneva College Golden Tornados
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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Yes when basketball was just invented players used the " granny shot" method to shoot threes, post shots, and free throws. We dont know why but they just thought thats the way to shoot.
Spalding made the first official basketball uniforms back in 1901. Spalding also made the first official basketballs at the request of James Naismith.