An Essay On The History Of Basketball

Michael Jordan once said “I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win”. This have help people of all ages get through their burdens and do something they love instead of doing some negative. For many people basketball has become more than a game, it’s the way of life. The American game of basketball has traveled now, it’s played by more than 250 million people worldwide.

Basketball originated in 1891 when future Presbyterian minister named James Naismith (1861-1939) was assigned to teach a P.E. class at Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) training school in Springfield, Massachusetts. The class had been noted for being disorderly, and Naismith was told to invent a new game to keep the young men occupied. Since it was winter and very cold outside, the game had to be played indoors was desirable. Naismith had a flashback to his childhood in Canada, where he and his friends had played "duck on a rock,”. The game involved trying to knock a large rock off a boulder by throwing smaller rocks at it. He also recalled watching rugby players toss a ball into a box in a gym. He had the idea to nail up boxes and the players would attempt to throw a ball. When he couldn't find boxes he used peach baskets. According to Alexander Wolff, in his book 100 Years of Hoops, Naismith drew up the rules for the new game in "about an hour." Most of them still apply in some form of todays. Basketball was a simple game that could be played indoors during winter. Naismith spread the rules freely, and there was a need for Naismith's legacy included the first great college basketball coach, Forrest "Phog" Allen (1885-1974), who played for Naismith at the University of Kansas and went on to win 771 games as a coa...

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... 1973 and '74 seasons, when UCLA set the record for 88 consecutive games. In 1974, UCLA won the Pacific conference title, but got defeated to North Carolina State in the NCAA semi-finals.The Bruins bounced back in 1975, Coach Wooden's last year, he won 27 out of 30 games. The Bruins faced adversity but leveled semi-final against Louisville in the last minute of the game. The last game of the NCAA tournament, UCLA beat University of Kentucky, 92-85. All the years coach, John Wooden prohibited his players from any use of profanity, and regularly avoided it himself. Within his first 12 years at UCLA, Wooden developed a fearsome reputation among the other teams for the unbelievable criticisms he directed at officials and opposing players.

Coach Wooden dedication to excellent has won him many accolades Coach Wooden was pronounced dead on June 4, 2010 by nature causes.