Ubani owasungula basketball?

Basketball - umdlalo kuphela American ukuthi lithole esakazeke emhlabeni wonke, mayelana nokuthi iziphi izinhlelo yaziwa ngubani, nini futhi kuphi ayisungula. Wabhala yasekuqaleni 13 imithetho yalo mdlalo Dzheyms Neysmit ngoDisemba 1891, i-YMCA (YMCA) esikoleni e Springfield, Massachusetts. Wazalelwa futhi wafundiswa Naismith eCanada, futhi zayiswa eningizimu ukuze abhekane imfundo ngokomzimba kobusha, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo enkonzweni yobuKristu. Ngemva nje kancane kwalokho, imithetho benziwa nenye, ngokukhethekile, bavunyelwe ukudlala ebusika ejimini.

Umlando kokusungulwa umdlalo

Imidlalo okuqala ayengelona abadlali abayisishiyagalolunye ku ithimba ngalinye. Lezinyawo ibhola kumele aphonse e ubhasikidi amapentshisi ngaphansi abethelwe emphemeni enisemikhawulweni sokuzivocavoca. Yena kukora ibhola ngesikhathi esifanayo Ususe umuntu ekhwela isitebhisi salokho. Ngemva komdlalo wokuqala womphakathi 1892 umdlalo Naismith kusukela zanda ngokushesha e umfelandawonye Christian YMCA ezweni lonke.

Umdlalo wokuqala intercollegiate phakathi Minnesota Agricultural esikoleni esiphakeme futhi ekolishi Hamline kukhala e 1895.

Ngemva konyaka, umdlalo wokuqala zabesifazane lapho iqembu Stanford University beat Berkeley, California. Eyokuqala professional basketball phiko yasungulwa ngo 1898. Ngemva kweminyaka eyisikhombisa, ekugcineni, ubhasikidi amapentshisi ngaphansi grid indawo zigxilé izindandatho.

Dzheyms Neysmit akuyona kakhulu wafuna popularize okusungulile kwakhe lo mdlalo. Wachitha iminyaka eyishumi njengoba umqeqeshi basketball ngesikhathi iqembu University of Kansas ukuthi walahlekelwa imidlalo ezingaphezu kuka won.

Okwamanje okuthiwa Naismith Memorial Basketball e Springfield iseduze indawo lapho kubhasikidi aphume amapentshisi aqalwa abethelwe ezindongeni esikoleni.