1) " Basketball" -- As it applies to Basketball Throwbacks Baskteball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to scorepoints by throwing the ball through a hoop. Basketball is highly suited to viewing by spectators, as it is primarily an indoor sport, played in a relatively small playingarea, or "court," with only ten players, and using a large ball which is easy to follow. Additionally, the lack of protectivegear makes it easy to see the reactions of the players. It is one of the most popular sports in the United States, and is also popular in other parts of the world, including South America, southern Europe, and the former Soviet Union, especially Lithuania. Contents 1 History 2 The game 2.1 Playing regulations 2.2 Playing the ball 2.3 Fouls 2.4 Players and positions 2.5 Officials 3 The Ball 4 Variations and similar games 5 Further reading 6 See also 7 External links History Basketball is unusual in that it is a sport that was invented essentially by one man. In 1891, Dr James Naismith, a Canadian minister on the faculty of a collegefor YMCA professionals in Springfield, Massachusetts, sought an indoor game of vigor and grace to keep young men occupiedduring the long New England winters. Legend has it that after rejecting otherideas as either too rough or poorly suited to walled-in gymnasiums, he wrote up some basic rules, nailed up a peach basket on thegym wall, and got his students to start playing his new game. The first official game was played there on January 20, 1892. "Basket ball", the namesuggested by one of his students, was popular from the beginning and, with its early adherents being dispatched to YMCAsthroughout the United States, was soon being played all over the country.Interestingly, while the YMCAs were responsible for developing and initially spreading the game, within a decade they werediscouraging the new sport, as rough play and rowd...
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