The game of basketball was created by prof. Dr. James A. Naismith one physical education teacher Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) Springfield, Massachusetts, United States in 1891. Ideas that promote the establishment of this new sport is the fact that at that time the membership and visitors to the school were increasingly degenerate. The main reason is the boredom of the members in participating in a gymnastics exercise movements stiff. In addition to a felt need in the winter to keep exercise interesting increasingly urgent.
Dr. Luther Gullick, head of the sports supervisor at the school is aware of the unfavorable symptoms and immediately contacted Prof. Dr. James A. Naismith and gave him the task to draw up a new sport that can be played indoors in the afternoon.
In welcoming his duty Nasimith formulate an idea that fit the needs of an enclosed space that is the game that was not so hard, there is no element kick, tackle and interesting and not difficult to learn. The first step, the testing of the game Football, Baseball, and Football Lacrose. But none that match the demands. Because in addition to difficult to learn, also the game is still too hard to play on a lighted indoor spaces.
From the results of experiments conducted was Naismith finally came to the conclusion that a new game should use round shaped ball, do not tackle, and should eliminate the net as a target. To tame the ball instead of kicking done by hand and pass the motion dribbling (dribbling) as the pinnacle of excitement, the goal is replaced with another target narrow and located on top of the players, so with such a preferential target object does not lie in the power of the shot as it happens at the time of kick, but the shot accuracy.
Naismith was originally going to use a wooden box for target shooting, but since the time of the experiments conducted there only baskets (basketball) peaches empty, then finally shot basket that is being targeted. From the words of this basketball game then newly discovered Prof. Dr. James A. Naismith is called Basketball.
