History of Basketball

James Naismith a Canadian American invented basketball in 1891. James took a soccer ball and a peach basket into the gym to form a game of basketball. The games consisted of nine player teams, and governed by a set of thirteen rules. In the first game its said that only one shot was made by William Chase. Basketball ball today is different from when it first started because the hoop is opened instead of closed like the basketball net they first used. It’s also not played with nine players anymore just five. Some rules remain the same while others were changed.