Basketball can be said to be a very popular sport. Both boys and girls like to sweat profusely on the basketball court. However, when did basketball begin to appear and what was its history? Maybe many people don't know much about it. So what is the history and origin of basketball? Basketball was invented in 189 1 by Dr. james naismith, a physical education teacher at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. At that time, due to the lack of indoor ball games for sports activities in the cold winter, naismith got inspiration from the games in which workers and children threw balls at the "peach basket". He designed to nail two peach baskets to the railings of the stands at both ends of the stadium, with the peach baskets open horizontally and 65,438+00 feet above the ground. He used football as a game tool to throw it into the basket and got 1 point, depending on the score. Because the game originally used peach baskets and balls, it was named basketball. 1893 iron baskets are used to hang nets instead of peach baskets. 1895, the basket began to be fixed on the 4×6-foot backboard and gradually went deep into the court. At 19 13, it was too much trouble to take the ball out of the basket after each shot, so people cut off the bottom of the basket and formed a nearly modern backboard and basket. The initial rules of the basketball game are very simple, and there are no uniform rules on the size of the venue, the number of participants and the duration of the game. 1892, naismith formulated the first original rule of 13, with the aim of making the basketball match be played in a fair and equal condition, and at the same time, rude actions were not allowed. 19 15, the United States formulated a unified national basketball competition rule, which was translated into many languages and distributed to the whole world. 1932, the newly born fiba formulated the world's first unified competition rules according to the basketball rules used by American universities. With the development of basketball, the venue equipment has been improved and perfected, and the rules are constantly being added, deleted and changed. The current rule * * * has 6 1 and 57 gesture diagrams. After the birth of basketball, it spread rapidly. 1892 was introduced to Canada and Mexico, 1893 to France, 1895 to China, 190 1 year to Japan and Persia (now Iran), 1905 to Russia. From 65438 to 0904, the men's basketball team of the American YMCA performed in the third Olympic Games, and since then, basketball has gradually developed all over the world. 1932 June 18 The International Amateur Basketball Federation was established in Geneva, Switzerland. 1936 Olympic Games, men's basketball was listed as an official event. The first world men's basketball championship and women's basketball championship were held in 1950 and 1953 respectively. From 1948, small-scale basketball activities began to appear among children in many countries, which attracted the attention of FIBA. 1968, "International Small Basketball Committee" was established. 1976 2 1 Women's basketball competition will be added to the Olympic Games. From 1936 to 1948, due to the constant revision of the rules, the changes and application of basketball offensive and defensive tactics have been promoted, and the offensive and defensive speed has been improved. In 1950s, the world's top teams generally attached great importance to and developed highly, which became a remarkable feature of this period. 1952 15 in the Olympic basketball game, there were tall players who were more than 2 meters tall. They have obvious advantages in the high-altitude competition and have mastered the initiative of the competition. However, the tall players at that time had poor flexibility, monotonous skills, fierce fighting under the basket and dull tactics, which affected the speed of the game. In view of the above situation, FIBA revised the rules, expanded the restricted area, and added the rules of 30 seconds (later changed to 24 seconds) and disturbing the ball. In 1960s, countries attached importance to the development of height, and at the same time strengthened the technical and flexibility training of tall players. Some strong teams, such as Brazil, although relatively short in height, shocked the world basketball world by winning the championship with 1963 in the 4th World Men's Basketball Championship with the speed and skillful skills of sprinters and giving full play to their quick and flexible skills. In the mid-1960s, dean smith put forward the theory of offensive and defensive balance, which made all countries in the world pay attention to the development of offensive and defensive balance, especially the new development and breakthrough of defense. Defense is no longer passive, which has changed the concept of "people-oriented" and "region-oriented" in the past, but "ball-oriented", making defense collective, active, aggressive and destructive. In 1970s, the height of the world's top teams increased to an astonishing degree. There are as many as 48 players participating in the 8th World Men's Basketball Championship, and their height is more than 2 meters. The average height of the former Soviet Union team is 2.02m, that of the former Yugoslavia team is1.99m, and that of the United States team is1.98m.. These tall players are tall, fast, capable of attacking both inside and outside, and have comprehensive skills, which fully embodies the characteristics of "big players are small". Fast break has become the first weapon used by each team in attack. The advantage of high altitude is reflected in the competition under the basket, and the competition for rebounds is above the level under the basket. In shooting techniques, there are aerial hand-changing shots and various one-handed and two-handed dunks. Superb skills are manifested in skillful passing and dribbling, and they are used freely. The shooting percentage is as high as over 50%, and the performance has improved rapidly. In all 59 matches of the 8th World Men's Basketball Championship, the winner of 30 matches scored more than 100.