Dr. James Naismith was trying to make a new game for his phy. ed class to play. He nailed up to peach baskets to opposite ends of a gym and he used a soccer ball. He gave the game the name "Basket Ball"
It was introduced as a sport for women, an alternate to basketball, and was created by the inventor of basketball :)
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It comes from the state or the city.
From a guy named James Naismith in November 6.1961.
Dr James Naismith created the game of basketball in December of 1899 in Springfield Massachusetts, USA
The origin of Basketball is actually a Canadian Sport with peach baskets from 1891, so 118 years old as of 2009
It means that the pitcher has thrown the ball and so they can't hit it "3 strikes and you're out!"
Amare tracked his origins back to Israel. Amare is a basketball player for the New York Knicks, he recently took a tripe to Israel to track his linage.
The alley-oop basketball play originated in the 1950s and was popularized by the Harlem Globetrotters. It involves one player throwing the ball near the basket for another player to catch and score in one fluid motion.
Comes from the NBA Basketball player Manute Bol. During his practices with the Golden State Warriors Manute Bol would say "My Bad" when he made an error.
A basketball clinic is the same as a basketball stadium - its a place dedicated to basketball and has basketball courts. :)
basketball. netball originated from basketball