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THE HISTORY
•In the late 1950s, Tony Hinkle introduced the orange ball which is used today to play the game. With the introduction of this ball, players could introduce a variety of moves such as dribbling, into the game. •The game began to spread into the Universities and Colleges.
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•By the 1920s, basketball had gained a lot of popularity. During the first part of the 20th Century, the game spread to the schools and several high school basketball teams began to be formed and came into prominence. •The International Basketball Federation was formed in 1932 by the 8 nations of Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Romania and Switzerland. This shows that the game had spread far and wide across the globe and had gained tremendous popularity there as well.
•Basketball was introduced into the Olympics in 1936. •In 1946, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) was formed to help organize the top professional teams. The popularity of the game of basketball grew even more.
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I invented Basketball !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
•Basketball was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian physical education student and an instructor with the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. • The game’s popularity grew and it spread from the United States to Canada. A women’s team was formed in 1892, at Smith College.
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