The History of Basketball

Learn about how this sport became a worldwide phenomenon by understanding how it all began. Without the help of Dr. James Naismith, Basketball wouldn't exist as to what it now is today.
This video will explain who invented Basketball, the rules of the game, how the sport traveled to other gyms, and how it formed the NCAA, NBA, and FIBA.

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[MadCow]

Fun fact: The reason Naismith put the basket at 10 feet was because the custodian had painted the area above the balcony. He asked Naismith not to put the basket any higher. Thus the height of the basket is 10 feet.

[jordanhawkins]

1891-1892 - spring field college (YMCA) James Nate smith
1895- basketball was implemented in high school
1898 Kansas uni first basketball team

[angelinaiadanza]

Thank you for teaching me the history of basketball!! I'm currently doing the basketball unit for my weight training class!!

[justinpettit]

Imagine if those balconies were higher? We would've never had dunking lol.

[blackyoutube]

It's funny how the creator of the game of basketball has the worse record in school history lol

[champ-qppt]

Great video brotha, keep up the good work and god bless you!

[WesternmassandCtplanespotter]

I see the basketball of hall of fame almost every day because I live there

[IgnoretheButter]

As I learned, I thought Roosevelt wanted to continue football because he loved the sport of the game... So he was a front runner to continue it. I think other parts of government like Congress wanted football banned.

[aaronflowers]

My favorite game ❤. I've been playing since childhood. One fact that wasn't mentioned is dribbling was introduced in 1897.

[dukedex]

All he had to do was make it 9ft instead of 10ft and most of us would be able to dunk now!

[ranelgallardo]

Noticed the old basketball courts had no 3 point lines.

[mainsmain]

Woah I never knew Portugal was one of the FIBA founders, being from Portugal pretty much means you will be hearing about football/soccer your whole life, it's a shame that basketball didn't become as popular as football/soccer did

[tas]

Watching from Australia . Fantastic video, very well produced. My only criticism is that you assumed everyone knows your presidents, you didn't say any of their names.😊👍

[cordellcomedy]

I live in Springfield mass born and raised

[laffo]

The rasheed Wallace A.I. narrator is a nice touch

[rovtomacruz]

I am the only one who already invented a sport all i need is to make it famous or popular (i wish😔)

[yuanvicera]

This video has been History of Basketball. :)

[asafbroda]

Naismith is actually naisshchmidt/german, and david stern is actually shtern, now think a minute, about this collaboration

[MahmoudAhmed-dizr]

A year ago I did a presentation at seminar about basketball and the history of this great game I really liked that it's not just a game but it's culture it can also motvat your life to be the best
enjoy the greatest game on the planet while you still can.
We Love Basketball ❤🏀

[michaeljo]

Imagine if he was alive to see how his game was developed too today and the absolute units in the nba dunking