Basketball
Basketball is a relatively new sport, invented in 1891. It has now grown into one of the most popular sports in the United States.
Title:
Basketball Federation of Turkmenistan
Email:
tkmbasket@mail.ru
The president:
Berdiev Aydogdy
KEEPING STUDENTS FIT
Basketball was invented in December 1891 by Canadian James W. Naismith. An instructor at the YMCA Training School in Massachusetts, he sought a suitable indoor game to keep his students fit and warm during the cold New England winters. He formulated 13 rules, most of which still apply today. In 1893, the first women’s game was played at the Smith College, in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
PEACH BASKETS
Originally, basketball was played with peach baskets and balls had to be retrieved manually after each score. Subsequently, a hole was drilled into the bottom of the basket allowing the balls to be poked out with a long rod. In 1906, the peach baskets were finally replaced by metal hoops with backboards
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- Basketball is a limited-contact sport played on a rectangular court.
- The first “hoops” were actually just peach baskets and the first backboards were made of wire.
- Michael Jordan, who retired in January 1999 but returned to the league in 2001, has scored more points (5,987) in the playoffs than any other player.