History of basketball

           James Naismith, a Canadian, invented the first basketball in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was primarily made to condition young athletes during the winter. At the first invention of the game, there were only 13 rules and a peach basket was used as the hoop. The first time they played, he divided the class of 18 students into 2 groups of 9. The objective was to throw the ball into the basket which was laid on top of a balcony. Every time someone made a score, the game had to be stopped so that the janitor could retrieve the ball from the basket. Eventually the bottom was removed. On December 21, 1891 the first public game was played and of the two teams the end score was 1-0. After the game became more popular they switched the original soccer ball template to a spalding ball and the peach basket to a metal hoop, which is somewhat like the one used today. This new game was later introduced into colleges and thus making it become a multi-billion dollar enterprise by the end of the 20th century. The International basketball Federation was created in 1932 and in 1936, it became an Olympic sport. The new sport gained popularity in other countries and soon foreigners gained the skill of Americans and sometimes even surpassed it.