Basketball Season Ticket: The Ultimate Fan Guide

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suffered a separated shoulder and another was knocked unconscious The boys began tackling kicking and punching in the clinches Naismith said years later They ended up in a free-for-all in the middle of the gym floor This wasn’t at all what Naismith had in mind He wanted to invent a game that could be played indoors during the winter and promote fitness with a low risk of injury to players Naismith would modify the rules most importantly by requiring ball handlers to dribble the ball rather than allowing them to run with it That stopped tackling and slugging Naismith recalled We tried out the game with those rules and we didn’t have one casualty The first public exhibition of the sport was held in the same gym on March 11 1892 A team of students defeated Naismith and a group of teachers by a score of 5 1 In those days someone would have to fetch the ball