How Basketball Is The Respected Sport It Is Today

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Bas·ket·ball /ˈbaskətˌbôl/ is a game played between two teams of five players in which goals are scored by throwing a ball through a netted hoop fixed above each end of the court. Also referring to the inflated ball used in the game of basketball (dict 1). Basketball is one of the world’s most widely played sports and has been in played for over a hundred years. This sport is played through organizations by schools, and credited clubs, as well as voluntarily in “pick-up games”. A “pick-up” game is a basketball game played outside at a local court or in a gym by the average person looking to exercise in an enjoyable and competitive way. This simple idea turned into an international phenomenon, which is easy to watch, and fun to play. My goal in this paper is to explain the history of how basketball came to be the respected sport it is today.
To achieve this goal, I have organized my paper in three sections. Each section has a sub-section to tie the two ideas to one another. In the first section I describe the American known inventor of basketball. In this I describe his background of the creator of basketball. In the sub section of the first topic I discuss how he infused a childhood game to teach a physical education class and unknowingly creating basketball. Also some of the controversy that is discussed in many articles that question who is the absolute inventor of basketball. In the second section I discuss the tools he used for the first ever basketball game. As well

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