Basketball was invented by American james naismith in 189 1 year. At that time, he taught at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. Because the local area is rich in peaches, the children here like to play the game of throwing the ball into the peach basket very much. This inspired him to learn the characteristics of ball games such as football and hockey and create basketball games.

1892, basketball was first introduced to Mexico from the United States and soon spread all over Mexico. In this way, Mexico became the first country outside the United States to develop basketball. Since then, this sport has spread to France, Britain, China, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Australia, Lebanon and other countries, and has been developed, popularized and developed all over the world.

1895, American Bob Gale introduced basketball to China. 1896, Tianjin YMCA held the first basketball competition performance in China. Then it was launched in youth clubs in Tianjin, Beijing and other cities.

19 10, basketball was listed as a performance item for the first time in the first national sports meeting in old China. Basketball was listed as a formal event for men in the 2nd National Games on 19 14 and as a formal event for women in the 3rd National Games on 1924. Basketball has been an official event of the Asian Games since 195 1.

2. Football

Football originated from Qi in ancient China during the Warring States Period. At that time, it was called Cuju. Cuju was a means of training soldiers in Han Dynasty, and a relatively complete system was established. If the palace is specially set up, it is defined as a rectangle in the east-west direction, with six symmetrical "bow areas" at each end, also known as "bow rooms", each guarded by one person.

There is a fence around the construction site. The game is divided into two teams, each with its own offense and defense, and the outcome is determined by the number of kicks into the opponent's bow room. After the initial popularity in the Han Dynasty, cuju activities reached a climax in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and even the kicking method according to the position on the field appeared.

Cuju has taken many forms in the Tang Dynasty, such as "bowing" based on the number of times of heading the ball, "beating in vain" in the center of the court, "jumping the bow" in which many people participate in fighting, and the game of setting up the goal. In this way, each team has a certain number of people and a fixed position, and it is stipulated that players can only play in their own positions and cannot move.

At the same time, cuju and Buddhism spread to Japan, and the usage of calling football "cuju" can still be seen in Japanese and Korean, which is influenced by China.

3. Table tennis

Table tennis originated in England. /kloc-At the end of 0/9, tennis was all the rage in Europe. However, due to the limitation of venue and weather, some college students in Britain move tennis indoors, using the dining table as a table, books as a net, parchment as a racket and playing around the dining table.

1890, several British naval officers stationed in India came across that playing tennis on a small table was quite exciting. Later, they used solid rubber instead of solid balls, then hollow plastic balls and wooden boards instead of rackets to play this novel "tennis match" on the table, which is the origin of the name table tennis.

4. Tennis

The origin and development of tennis can be summarized in four sentences: it was conceived in France, born in Britain, popularized in the United States, and reached its climax. Now it is popular all over the world and is called the second largest ball game in the world.

Modern tennis was born in Birmingham, England in the19th century. It was originally called "lawn tennis". Since then, tennis has developed rapidly. The first Grand Slam Wimbledon champion was founded in 188 1, followed by the US Open 189 1.

5.billiards

Billiards is an elegant indoor sport, which is very popular in the world. It is an indoor recreation, hitting the ball on the stage with a club, and deciding the outcome of the game by calculating the score. Billiards is also called table tennis (Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao) and billiards (China, Taiwan Province Province). At first billiards were made of wood, and then ivory appeared.

Billiards have developed into a variety: Chinese eight-ball, Russian snooker, English snooker, Karen billiards, American snooker and snooker, among which snooker is the most common and has become a game.

Nowadays, billiards are made of synthetic resin, mainly polyester, unsaturated polyester, phenolic resin, urea-formaldehyde resin and other varieties. The prices and grades of different materials vary greatly. The standard ball of international competition is made of phenolic resin.