Basketball is a game, which is played by two teams of five players. It is enjoyed by millions of people in at least 100 countries, it one of the most popular games in the world. It in 1891.
Dr. James Naismith, the father of basketball, is generally considered the first basketball. He was a teacher of a YMCA training school which trained people to work in YMCA. In 1891,officials at the school were about the low attendance during the winter months. They felt that people didn't school because the school did not have a good winter sports and they asked Dr. Naismith for . He came up with a new indoor game.
Naismith games being played at that time. He found that all the most popular games used a . So a ball would be of his new game, he decided. But the ball or hitting it would be too for indoor games. So he put two up on poles. The had to try to a ball into them. Naismith then made thirteen for the game. Twelve of them were still in today. Just seven after the game began, professional baskets were . And that's how basketball was born. At present, basketball is one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in the world.
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