ismith’s knew game, including the instructions and the thirteen formal rules. This paper was distributed throughout all the Y.M.C.A s in the U.S. Also, soon after its creation, basketball was adopted into other countries. This was because the Y.M.C.A in Springfield, Massachusetts was an international one, so they received students from all over the world. These students, after graduating, went back to their homelands, and brought with them the game of basketball. In less than two years, basketball was introduced into more than a dozen other countries.In 1892, Lew Allen replaces the peach baskets with baskets made of heavy woven wire and the balls were replaced by soccer balls. In 1898, the first professional league was formed and called the National Basketball League, consisting of six teams. The first Olympic basketball game was in Berlin, in 1936, and won by the U.S over Canada, 19-8. In 1949 the Basketball Association of America and the National League merged to become the NBA.Eventually, the game grew popular among almost all countries. Today it is played in more than one hundred and thirty countries, from Canada to Africa. It is estimated that some twenty million individuals play it each year. Wherever there’s a hoop and a ball, there’s basketball.Original Rules1.The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands. 2.The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands (never with the fist). 3.A player cannot run with the ball. The player must throw it from the spot on which he catches it, allowance to be made for a man who catches the ball when running at a good speed if he tries to stop. 4.The ball must be held in or between the hands. The arms or body must not be used for holding it 5.No shouldering, holding, pushing, tripping or striking in any way the person of an opponent shall be allowed; the first infringement of this rule by any player should count as a foul; the second sha...
