The world's greatest sport ever. But of course, it hasn't been around since the world began. No, somebody had to have invented it. And that somebody would be James Naismith.Born in Almonte, Ontario, Canada, this Canadian Gym Teacher and Physician would soon be the founder of basketball. It all started in December of 1891. Naismith was teaching in Springfield, Massachusetts and was asked by Luther H. Gulick, the Headmaster of the school for Christian Works to make a new sport. The main idea of the sport was mainly to be played inside when it was too cold to go outside. The new sport also had to keep athletes in their top conditions between the baseball and football season. Naismith began to work. The first game-ball was a soccer ball.The first baskets were peach baskets that Naismith cleverly thought of hanging on the wall. From there, the legacy of basketball began. Originally, there was 9 men to each team, but the objective was still the same; to pass the ball to other players on your team and put the ball in the opposing team's net, or basket back then. From there, basketball caught on like a wildfire.During 1885 highschools and colleges began to adopt the game, and by 1898, the first Pro. League was founded. After the first game played, Naismith drafted 13 rules and regulations, but many more were yet to come. The hoops we know today were invented in 1906. They were steel, with a net hanging from its rim.篮球被誉为世界上最伟大的运动之一。篮球的发明者是James Naismith。1891年，James Naismith在马塞诸塞当体育老师的时候，校长让他为基督教想出一种运动，这种运动一定要在室内进行，运动员在比赛时还要有棒球和足球比赛时的激情。经过思考，他想出了一个办法：在墙上挂网子，然后把球扔向这个用网子做的篮子里，篮球运动由此而生。最初，参加篮球比赛的每个队伍有9个队员，比赛规则是：球员把球传给本队队员，然后将球投向对方的筐子里。直到1898年，第一支专业篮球队成立。
i'm james and i'm 21years old. i was born in WeiNan, a small city in ShanXi Province. I'm graduated from Xi'an IT University and i learned IT in university. i like reading books, watching basketball games, do volunteers and so on. During my two months study in New Oriental School, the teachers taught me a lot and changed me a lot. The most important is they made me like English better and have self-confidence to speak English. So i'm saying thank you to my teachers here.
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