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Basketball And Its History
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Introduction
Basketball is an athletic sport, usually played on an indoor court
in which two competing teams of five players each attempt to score by
throwing an inflated ball so that it descends through one of two baskets
suspended, at each end of the court, above their heads. The team scoring
the ....
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....instructor at the Young Men's Christian Association Training
School (now Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts. At the
request of his superior, Dr. Luther H. Gulick, he organized a vigorous
recreation suitable for indoor winter play. The game involved elements of
American football, soccer, and hockey, and the first ball used was a soccer
ball. Teams had nine players, and the goals were wooden peach baskets
affixed to the walls. By 1897-1898, teams of five became standard. The game
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