who created the first basketball hoop?
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I created the baskettball hoop.\n\nJames Nasmith is da devil!!!!
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By putting the ball in the hoop...
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In 1895, William G. Morgan, of Holyoke, Mass., decided to blend elements of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball to create a game for his classes of businessmen which would demand less physical contact than basketball. He created the game of "mintonette". Morgan borrowed the net from tennis, and raised it 6 feet 6 inches above the floor, just above the average man's head.\nDuring a demonstration game, someone remarked to Morgan that the players seemed to be volleying the ball back and forth over the net, and perhaps "volleyball" would be a better name for the sport.\nToday there  are 800 million players worldwide who play Volleyball at least once a week.
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Basketball is the best sport in the World. Nothing comes close.
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You know, I find wikipedia to be an awesome site.  Look here:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball\n\nThe wiki says:\n\nBasketball is a sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop (the basket) under organized rules.\n\nSince its invention in 1891, it has developed to become a truly international sport. Many people play basketball all over the world still today. Organized league play originated in the YMCA; early leagues were formed in colleges. Basketball eventually became a professional sport. Even though it was originally a North American sport, it quickly spread internationally and outstanding players and teams are found today all over the world.\n\n...\n\nAnd it goes on from there!  They even have pictures!
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Basketball since there are soo many cool aspects of it. Dunking, Shooting, dribbling and it can get complicated...
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Volleyball was invented in 1895 by Henry Morgan at a YMCA in Holyoke, MA, just up the road from the YMCA at Springfield, MA, where a few years before, the game of basketball was invented.\n\nVolleyball was primarily played in YMCA's. During World War II, American GI's spread volleyball throughout the world, playing it on their oversea bases.\n\nThe international governing body if the FIVA. The governing body in the US is USA Volleyball.
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Back at the turn of the 20th century, professionals played with the court ringed by a 12-foot, chain-link "cage" separating players from fans.\n\n\nThe first basketball cage originated in Trenton, N.J., and according to The Trentonian newspaper, fans would often stick hatpins and lit cigars through the cage and into opposing players’ bodies.\n\n\nAlthough the cages were phased out in the 1920s, newspaper headline writers delighted in calling basketball players "cagers" because the word is shorter than "basketball players."
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Basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891 (that's where the Basketball Hall of Fame is). You can find lots more about the history of the game at the Basketball Hall of Fame website (see link below).
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The first to go directly to the NBA from high school are Bill Willoughby and Darryl Dawkins in 1975 who both played in the "NBA" during the 1975-76 season.   \n\nMoses Malone was the first high schooler to play "professional baskeball" but his first "NBA" season season was played during the 1976-1977 season, a year after than both Willoughby and Dawkins had played in the NBA.
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History\n[edit]\nEarly basketball\nBasketball is unique in that it was invented by one person, rather than evolving from a different sport. In early December 1891, Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian-born physician of McGill University and minister on the faculty of a college for YMCA professionals (today, Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts, sought a vigorous indoor game to keep young men occupied during the long New England winters. Legend has it that, after rejecting other ideas as either too rough or poorly suited to walled-in gymnasiums, he wrote the basic rules and nailed a peach basket onto the 10-foot (3.05 m) elevated track. In contrast with modern basketball nets, this peach basket retained its bottom. Therefore balls scored into the basket had to be poked out with a long dowel each time. Women's basketball began in 1892 at Smith College when Senda Berenson, a physical education teacher, modified Naismith's rules for women. The first official basketball game was played in the YMCA gymnasium on January 20, 1892 with nine players, on a court just half the size of a present-day NBA court. "Basket ball", the name suggested by one of Naismith's students, was popular from the beginning.\n\nBasketball's early adherents were dispatched to YMCAs throughout the United States, and it quickly spread through the country. By 1896, it was well established at several women's colleges. While the YMCA was responsible for initially developing and spreading the game, within a decade it discouraged the new sport, as rough play and rowdy crowds began to detract from the YMCA's primary mission. However, other amateur sports clubs, colleges, and professional clubs quickly filled the void. In the years before World War I, the Amateur Athletic Union and the Intercollegiate Athletic Association (forerunner of the NCAA) vied for control over the rules for the game.\n\nBasketball was originally played with a soccer ball. The first balls made specifically for basketball were brown, and it was only in the late 1950s that Tony Hinkle, searching for a ball that would be more visible to players and spectators alike, introduced the orange ball that is now in common use.\n\nDribbling, the bouncing of the ball up and down while moving, was not part of the original game except for the "bounce pass" to teammates. Passing the ball was the primary means of ball movement. Dribbling was eventually introduced but limited by the asymmetric shape of early balls. Dribbling only became a major part of the game around the 1950s as manufacturing improved the ball shape.\n\nBasketball, netball, volleyball, and lacrosse are the only ball games which have been identified as being invented by North Americans.[citation needed] Other ball games, such as baseball and football, have British Commonwealth or European connections.\n\n\nCollege basketball and early leagues\n \nKent Benson of Indiana University Bloomington takes a hook shot.Naismith and Berenson were instrumental in establishing college basketball. Naismith coached at University of Kansas for six years before handing the reins to renowned coach Phog Allen. Naismith's disciple Amos Alonzo Stagg brought basketball to the University of Chicago, while Adolph Rupp, a student of Naismith's at Kansas, enjoyed great success as coach at the University of Kentucky. In 1892, University of California and Miss Head's School, played the first women's inter-institutional game. Berenson's freshmen played the sophomore class in the first women's collegiate basketball game at Smith College, March 21, 1893. The same year, Mount Holyoke and Sophie Newcomb College (coached by Clara Gregory Baer) women began playing basketball. By 1895, the game had spread to colleges across the country, including Wellesley, Vassar and Bryn Mawr. The first intercollegiate women's game was on April 4, 1896. Stanford women played Berkeley, 9-on-9, ending in a 2-1 Stanford
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Actually, no one really knows who the first boat was made by but here's some useful info about it.\n\nhttp://www.ancientworlds.net/23986
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too difficult to make it by yourself. you can find the specifications (size, weight, etc) on the internet and try to make it from a bulls stomach (or other guts) and leather. but if you manage internet, i am sure you can buy a basket ball in a shop.
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Hoops yep the Hoops!!!
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I think this is it:\n\nhttp://www.seehowtheylive.com/basketball.php
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Tony Hinkle created the first orange basketball in the late 1950s
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The first sport ever was gymnastics in Greece during Greek GOD time.