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title: "Who invented the game of basket ball ?"  
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published: 2018-07-22  
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# Who invented the game of basket ball ?

Who invented the [game of basket](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47307/what-is-diameter-of-the-basket-in-the-game-of-basket-ball) ball ?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Harshal Vispute

**[Basketball](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51954/who-has-been-appointed-as-the-coach-of-the-indian-men-s-basketball-team)**was created in **Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891** by **[Canadian](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38281/who-won-the-wimbledon-men-s-single-title-after-defeating-canadian-milos-raonic-6-4-7-6-7-6-in-the-final) physical education professor James Naismith** as a less injury-prone sport than football. When Naismith devised the indoor sport to keep people indoors during the **winter**, he was a **31-year-old Ph.D. student**.

As the **twentieth century** progressed, the game quickly gained traction and became highly popular, first in **[America](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93074/who-is-powerful-america-or-china)**and then across the world. When basketball became popular in **[American](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93074/who-is-powerful-america-or-china) universities**, it became a professional sport. \
By the turn of the century, the **[National Basketball Association (NBA)](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51954/who-has-been-appointed-as-the-coach-of-the-indian-men-s-basketball-team)**, which was created in **1946**, had grown into a **multibillion-dollar** enterprise, and basketball had become engrained in **[American](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93074/who-is-powerful-america-or-china) culture**. \
**James Naismith** is a **physical education instructor at the Springfield, Massachusetts**-based **YMCA International** **Training School**. His boss informed Naismith that he needed to create an indoor sports game to help athletes stay in shape throughout the winter. \
The game consisted of peach baskets and a soccer ball. For the new game, he drafted **13 rules**. He divided his **eighteen-student** class into **two groups**, each with **nine players**, and began teaching them the foundations of his new sport. \
The goal of the game was to toss the **[basketball](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51954/who-has-been-appointed-as-the-coach-of-the-indian-men-s-basketball-team)**into the fruit baskets that were fastened to the gym balcony's lower railing. The game was stopped every time a point was scored so that the janitor might get a ladder and go get the ball. After some time has passed, The fruit baskets' bottoms were removed. On **March 11, 1892**, the first **public [basketball game](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51954/who-has-been-appointed-as-the-coach-of-the-indian-men-s-basketball-team)** was held in **Springfield, Massachusetts.**


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