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Naismith Biography James Naismith is the founder of the sport called basketball. James Naismith took a soccer ball and a peach basket into the gym and created the sport thats very famous all around the world.
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10 feet above the groundThe goal of the game is to make the basketball into the goal thats elecvated 10ft off the ground. You hae to dribble the ball without traveling or commiting any fouls.
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YMCA pioneered many of the gamesJames Naismith was the creater of the first basketball team.
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On this day in 1891The first game of basketball played is at Springfield college.
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Senda Berenson Abbott Senda Berenson Abbott adopts the rules of James Naismith and teaches the rules of basketball to women at the school of Smith College
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introduces basketball to girlsClara Gregory Baer did the same thing Senda Berenson Abbott did but she took the game of basketball to another college and that college school is called Sophie Newcomb College, New Orleans.
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Baer publishes BasquetteThe first set of rules for girls playing basketball
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Halves shortened The minutes of halves changed from 25 minutes to 15
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No coaching during game Coaches werent allowed to coach during the games until half time
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Rewriting of rules Reewrote the rules to confirm mens wording and sequence
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women's basketball is included in the competition. International Women's Sports Federation is formed and hosts version of olympics
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37 states hold high school varsity basketball In1925 37 states held high school varsity teams and also had state tournaments
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New York City's Madison Square Garden,By 1934 college games were staged in New York City, Madison Square Garden
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National Basketball League The National Basketball League was formed in 1937
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wins the goldThe girls USA olympic team wins gold in the Worlds Champion
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100-point game Wilt Chamberlain sets a record of making 100 points in one single game.
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Five-player, full-court game is adopted. 5 player fulll game court is adopted by girls basketball
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30-second shot clock 30 second shot clock is introduced to the game. What that means is you have to shot the basketball in under 30 seconds or its called shot clock violation.
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collegiate basketball championship.The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for women holds its first collegiate basketball championship.
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Mel Greenberg, a journalist Mel Greenberg, a journalist from the Philadelphia realeases the womens top 20 national poll
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First NCAA Women's National Championships.
NCAA Women's National Championships.
