Proteins, Muscles and a whole lot of Determination

Basketball – A Beginning

By Hriday Bhatia

Basketball started out in a way that most other sports would not have. The story goes that a Physical Education teacher wanted his kids to play, but since it was raining outside he could not arrange for anything but a dustbin on top of a door. So he invented the game of putting the ball into the dustbin. Thus basketball was created.

Now, the problem with dustbin, as can be imagined, was that the ball had to be manually removed every time it went in and that obviously became a task. So, the lower part was cut out and the ball fell down again to be played with.

There were a lot of other changes also made, such as the ball was changed from brown in colour to orange, for better visibility and that the basket became a hoop with a net hanging underneath.

Through ups and downs and a lot of changes basketball has come a long way. Since its origin in 1891, to presently being an Olympic sport, basketball is a young sport that has fame the world over.

Facts:

Sports is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others.

The most played sports are:

1. Football 2. Cricket 3.Tennis