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Como cada December 21 the basketball world calls for a time out to blow out your birthday candles. And they go 130 to since on that date, in 1891, the doctor James Naismith imagine and create a sports discipline that in its day will serve as entertainment and that today is a global event.
The Indian audio of the father of basketball
Long before Luka Doncic, LeBron James o Kobe Bryant, before Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson o Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and even of Wilt Chamberlain o Bill Russell, Dr. James Naismith became the central character in basketball. He was the one who invented it, the one who shaped it, the one who shaped it into almost what it is today.
Naismith, professor at a high school in Springfield, MassachusettsCanadian to be sure, he created a game so his students could do sports inside the gym, when the rigors of the weather make it impossible to practice it outside. It occurred to him to place two apple-picking baskets on either side of the gym. In them you will have to introduce a ball to score points. That was the spirit, but it didn’t come out the way he wanted it.
A match to be forgotten
As he himself would count years later, “the first game was a massacreWithout rules, the pioneers of that sport, nine per team, ended up embroiled in a monumental fight in the center of the court. “He showed them the two baskets of peaches hanging on both sides of the gym before explaining that the idea was to throw the ball in the basket of the opposing team – then made up of nine players. I blew the whistle and the first basketball game started. “Naismith recalled on a radio show.
The boys started charging at each other, hitting each other and punching each other to end up fighting in the middle of the gym as if anything was worth it “
“The guys started charging at each other, hitting each other and punching each other to end up fighting in the middle of the gym like anything was worth it. That was really a killing spree. Sometimes I feel like I would rather not watch basketball. “, says the teacher who changed the course of the history of sport.
THE 13 ORIGINAL RULES OF BASKETBALL
- The ball can be thrown in any direction with one or two hands.
- The ball can be hit in any direction with one or two hands (never with the fist)
- The player cannot run with the ball. The player must throw it from the place where he catches it, granting a certain tolerance to a player if he seizes the ball in the middle of the race.
- The ball must be held in the hands; arms or body cannot be used.
- It is not allowed to hit with the shoulders, push, hold or trip the opponents; the first infraction of this rule counts as a foul, the second disqualifies until a shot is scored, or if it is shown that there was an intention to injure, it is disqualified for the entire match.
- Striking the ball with the fist is a fault like the violations of rules 3 and 4, and the penalty of rule 5 applies.
- If a team commits three fouls in a row, the opponent will be given a basket (consecutive means without the other having committed any in the same time).
- A basket is considered to be made when the ball has been thrown from the field towards the basket and has entered, falling to the ground from the same basket, provided that the defenders do not touch or modify the position of the basket. If the ball is on the ring and the opponents move the basket, count as a basket.
- When the ball leaves the field, it must be put into play in the middle of the field by the person who touched it. In case of protest or disagreement in this case, the referee will throw it in the air, vertically, inside the field of play. The player has five seconds to serve and resume play. If you hold the ball for longer, the ball will be given to the opponent. If a team tries to delay the course of the game, the referee will punish the offender with a foul.
- The main referee judges the actions of the players and signals the fouls. When a player commits the third foul, he may be disqualified by applying Rule 5.
- The second referee is the judge who makes the decisions concerning the ball, and indicates when it is in play, when it has gone out and to whom it should be handed over. He will be the timekeeper and be the one who decides if a basket has been made and keep track of the points. In addition, carry out the tasks generally agreed to by a referee.
- The match consists of two 15-minute halves, separated by a five-minute break.
- The team that scores the highest number of baskets is declared the winner. In the event of a tie, both teams may agree to continue playing until a basket is scored.
Thus, the first 13 rules that Naismith himself drew up and that regulated basketball were born. From not running with the ball, to not hitting opponents, fouls, points, which team wins … and even today. 130 years later, basketball celebrates a new anniversary as it sees how it grows and expands throughout the world, thanks to the invention of James Naismith, who is remembered every December 21.
