Basketball: Past to Present
Brian Burnett
Jacksonville University
Kinesiology 257
Abstract
This paper focuses on the history and establishment of basketball. This paper explores the inception of basic concepts and the fundamentals of basketball. There were different reasons for starting the sport called basketball and this paper will briefly discuss those points. The objectives and rules originally established for basketball and the construction of the equipment will also be addressed. This paper examines how basketball expands and develops into what we know as basketball in our current society.
Basketball: Past to Present
The game known as basketball today was invented in 1891 by …show more content…
Armed Forces had a major role in spreading basketball throughout the world. During the 1st World War the Army soldiers would play basketball wherever they were deployed. The first overseas game was arranged in 1893 by Mel Rideout and took place in Montmarte, Paris. The basketball movement continued to grow. From the YMCA’s to the collegiate level, basketball was rapidly accepted by all countries, cultures and ethnicities. The first team to participate in a game against another team was Vanderbilt University, they played the YMCA from Nashville, Tennessee. Basketball kept evolving and eventually colleges started playing each other, there first recorded instance was on February 9th , 1895, when Hamline University played Minnesota A&M which later became the University of …show more content…
By 1907 African- Americans were able to travel and play teams from other states. The Smart Set Athletic Club of Brooklyn was named the first colored world championship of basketball. In 1910 they built an African- American collegiate team (Howard University) then they graduated from college to a professional team called the New York Renaissance in 1922. When they got invited to the world basketball tournament as the underdogs they shocked the world beating an all-white team (Oshkosh All-Stars) in 1939. The New York Renaissance began to get some recognition and the NBL (National basketball league) noticed them, by 1942 they decided to integrate them into the all- white league.
Name Changes
As the game kept changing and becoming a greater attraction the creation of the BAA (Basketball Association of America) came along in 1946. Three years after this league was created it merged with the NBL (National basketball league) to make the league we know today as the NBA (National Basketball Association).
Brian Burnett
Jacksonville University
Kinesiology 257
Abstract
This paper focuses on the history and establishment of basketball. This paper explores the inception of basic concepts and the fundamentals of basketball. There were different reasons for starting the sport called basketball and this paper will briefly discuss those points. The objectives and rules originally established for basketball and the construction of the equipment will also be addressed. This paper examines how basketball expands and develops into what we know as basketball in our current society.
Basketball: Past to Present
The game known as basketball today was invented in 1891 by …show more content…
Armed Forces had a major role in spreading basketball throughout the world. During the 1st World War the Army soldiers would play basketball wherever they were deployed. The first overseas game was arranged in 1893 by Mel Rideout and took place in Montmarte, Paris. The basketball movement continued to grow. From the YMCA’s to the collegiate level, basketball was rapidly accepted by all countries, cultures and ethnicities. The first team to participate in a game against another team was Vanderbilt University, they played the YMCA from Nashville, Tennessee. Basketball kept evolving and eventually colleges started playing each other, there first recorded instance was on February 9th , 1895, when Hamline University played Minnesota A&M which later became the University of …show more content…
By 1907 African- Americans were able to travel and play teams from other states. The Smart Set Athletic Club of Brooklyn was named the first colored world championship of basketball. In 1910 they built an African- American collegiate team (Howard University) then they graduated from college to a professional team called the New York Renaissance in 1922. When they got invited to the world basketball tournament as the underdogs they shocked the world beating an all-white team (Oshkosh All-Stars) in 1939. The New York Renaissance began to get some recognition and the NBL (National basketball league) noticed them, by 1942 they decided to integrate them into the all- white league.
Name Changes
As the game kept changing and becoming a greater attraction the creation of the BAA (Basketball Association of America) came along in 1946. Three years after this league was created it merged with the NBL (National basketball league) to make the league we know today as the NBA (National Basketball Association).