Evolution of Basketball

In December 1891 basketball was invented. It was invented by Canadian James W. Naismith, an instructor at a YMCA in Massachusetts. He made this game so that he could keep his students fit and warm during the winters in New England. Back then there were 13 rules and those rules still remain the same today. In the beginning only men played but in 1892, the first woman’s game of basketball was played. Today, basketball is different because more people watch it than they did before and many new rules were added. Basketball is a very popular game nowadays and it is played all around the world.