Try and imagine watching a game of basketball...without any dribbling. Can't, can you? Well before the development in the game ball we see today by Spalding, players of this game first used a soccer ball. In 1891, peach baskets and a soccer ball were used, thanks to the game's inventor Dr. James Naismith. It wasn't until 1894, Spalding & Bros. Group developed the first basketball. Dribbling wasn't even part of the game, besides for what was known as a "bounce pass", which was bouncing the ball from one player to another. Now, the ball is continuously bounced throughout the whole game, unless being passed through the air to another player. Spalding became the official game ball of the NBA in 1983 (and also WNBA in 1997), with it's full-grain leather materials and it's move from a four to eight panel ball. The ball was given an inflatable rubber, wrapped in layers of fiber and then covered with leather, rubber or a synthetic composite, and a small opening to allow increase and decrease in pressure.
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Information - http://www.nba.com/news/blackbox_060628.html
http://www.nba.com/features/ball_timeline_060228.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball
Picture - http://goorlandocard.com/blog/files/2007/10/10252007-basketball.jpg
Wow very interesting post. Although I am not a huge sports fan it is still interesting to see how sports have changed over time. I had no idea that dribbling was not part of basketball from the beginning. So in a long and complicated way, basketball evolved from soccer which I definitely had no idea that this was the case. Even the actual basketball has changed over time which is also very interesting. Clever idea with this topic and keep up the nice work.
ReplyDeletewell i think it was really nice. i am not interested in sports that much, its not that i don't play sports, but i think sports is one kind of entertainment in one's life. It is also very relaxing and sports and their rules changes every time. it was interesting when you said about the basketball and then later spalding and bros were the one developed the basketball.
ReplyDeleteWow, I can’t believe the game of basketball was totally different when it was first invented to what we call it today. This is a huge shock to me because as a sports fan it is hard to imagine how we would play the game of the past in today’s era. I must say I am glad that Spalding and company created the official version of the basketball to which i have the pleasure of watching and playing the game of basketball as we know it today.
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