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Basketball

By Dwiley
  • Early years of basketball

    Early years of basketball

    The number of players on a team varied according to the number in the class and the size of the playing arena.
  • When numbers on team wasn't set

    When numbers on team wasn't set

    In 1894 that's when they started to play 5 on a side when the court measured less than 1800 feet. this number grew to 7.
  • The first basketball to be sold

    The first basketball to be sold

    In 1894 the first basketball was released and being sold on the market.
  • The final say to have 10 people in the court

    The final say to have 10 people in the court

    The number was moved to 5 on each team and he has remained like that since.
  • other countries joined playing baskteball

    other countries joined playing baskteball

    In the mid 1900's basketball began to be played worldwide in countries such as France,England, and china

  • The half court line

    In 1932 a line was drawn at mid-court, the offensive team was required 10 get the ball up the court.

  • Final say of the circumference of the basketball

    The official size of the the ball with no laces was set to 30 in

  • How shooting evolved

    In 1950's they used 2 shoot the ball with 2 hands and like push it.

  • One hand

    In the later 19060's the one hand shot was now evolved and ready to be used.

  • shot Clock

    A 45 sec shot Clock was added in 1985

  • Shot clock change

    in 1993 the shot clock was lowered to a more realistic number 35

  • The life of shooting

    in 2008 the three point line was moved back to 20.75 feet