Basketball Creator

The creator of basketball was James Naismith. He created Basketball in the year 1891 in early in december. He was trying to keep his P.E class busy on a rainy day. He wanted an indoor game to keep his students occupied and at good levels of fitness during the long New England winters. He wrote the basic rules and nailed a peach basket onto a 10 foot (3.05m) elevated track. Basketball was originally played with a soccer ball. It wasn't until late 1950's that Tony Hinkle introduced the orange ball that we use now as it is easy to see.

Dribbling was not used in the game until the 1950's when the shape of the ball was improved.The peach baskets were used until 1906 when they were replaced with metal hoops and backboards.