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History of Basketball

Basketball is a sport played by two teams of five players on a court, with the objective being to shoot a ball through a hoop mounted high on a backboard. The sport was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, who created the game to keep his gym class active on a rainy day. Key aspects of the early game included passing the ball rather than dribbling and using a peach basket as the hoop. The Philippines was an early adopter of basketball and a competitive team internationally in the early 20th century.

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History of Basketball

Basketball is a sport played by two teams of five players on a court, with the objective being to shoot a ball through a hoop mounted high on a backboard. The sport was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, who created the game to keep his gym class active on a rainy day. Key aspects of the early game included passing the ball rather than dribbling and using a peach basket as the hoop. The Philippines was an early adopter of basketball and a competitive team internationally in the early 20th century.

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DEFINITION:

Basketball - a sport played by


two teams of five players on a
rectangular court - one of the
world's most popular and widely
viewed sports.
OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME:
 to shoot a ball through a hoop
18 inches (46 cm) in diameter and
10 feet (3.0 m) high mounted to a
backboard at each end.
James Naismith
• HISTORY:

• December 1891 Canadian American Dr.


James Naismith, a physical education
professor and instructor at the International
Young Men's Christian Association Training
School (YMCA) (today, Springfield College) in
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA), was trying
to keep his gym class active on a rainy day.
HISTORY:

Dribbling was not part of the original


game except for the "bounce pass" to
teammates.

Passing the ball was the primary


means of ball movement.
Tony Hinkle
• HISTORY:

• In the late 1950s, Tony


Hinkle, search for a ball that
would be more visible to
players and spectators
alike, introduced the orange
ball that is now in common
use.
The First
Equipments
Important
Dates in
Basketball
The
First 13
Rules
Basketball
in the
Philippines
1898-1900

United State introduced


the sport of basketball
through the YMCA in
the Philippines.
1913

• First national basketball


team was formed.

• The Philippines first


participated in international
basketball in the Far Eastern
Championship Games.
1936

• The Basketball Association of the


Philippines (BAP) was founded and
became a part of FIBA later that year.
Also in the same year, the BAP sent a
team nicknamed "the Islanders" that
participated in the first Olympic
Basketball Tournament in Berlin.
1950s–1960s

The Philippines was among the


best in the world, producing
world-class players like Carlos
Loyzaga, Lauro Mumar, Mariano
Tolentino, Francisco Rabat
and Edgardo Ocampo
Carlos Loyzaga Lauro Mumar

Edgardo
Ocampo
1970

The Philippines
won the first ever
Southeast Asian
Games Basketball
gold medal.
1975
Creation of the Philippine Basketball
Association

In 1975, after disputes with


the Basketball Association of the
Philippines (BAP), nine teams pulled out of
BAP's jurisdiction and founded the
professional Philippine Basketball
Association (PBA), taking along all the best
players with them. 
“Let us be able to lose gracefully and to win
courteously; to accept criticism, as well as praise;
and last of all, to appreciate the attitude of other
fellow at all time.”

- Dr. James Naismith


1861-1939

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