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Who invented basketball?
1. Basketball originated in America. 189165438+February 2 1 was invented by james naismith, a physical education teacher at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. From 65438 to 0896, basketball was introduced to China.

Basketball is the core event of the Olympic Games, and it is an antagonistic sport centered on hands.

3. 189 1 year, james naismith taught at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. Lu Se Gulick, director of the school's physical education department, commissioned naismith to design an indoor group game to implement the winter physical education class syllabus. Naismith was inspired by the game that local children like to throw the ball into the peach basket, and created the basketball game [3].

At first, naismith nailed two baskets to the railing of the stadium stands, with the upper edge of the basket 3.04 meters (about 10 yards) from the ground, and used football as a game tool to throw at the baskets. Throw the ball into the basket and score 1 point, and decide the outcome according to the score. Every time you throw the ball into the basket, climb the ladder, take it out and start the game again. In the future, the bamboo basket will be gradually changed into an iron basket with a movable bottom, and then a net will be hung under the iron ring. People call this game "naismith Ball" or "Basketball". After a long time, after repeated discussions between naismith and his colleagues, it was named "Basketball".