This series will focus on the origins of the game of basketball. join us on this journey to dive deeper into the how this game we love has captivated our imagination. test your knowledge of the evolution and history.
Introduction to Basketball
An American game that has traveled well is basketball, now played by more than 450 million people worldwide in an organized fashion, as well as by countless others in “pick-up” games.
Basketball is a non-contact team sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of five players each.
The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter and 10 feet (3.048 m) high that is mounted to a backboard at each end of the court.
Surprisingly, unlike most sports whose origins are somewhat obscure, often being the combination of other sports and developed gradually through time, basketball has a very precise and fully known origin.
