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James  Naismith was the pioneer who established the game of basketball among students and colleges. He was a coach of the students from the University of Kansas in the duration of six years; after that he renewed his career of coach  Forest “Phogg” Allen.

The students of Naismith were developing basketball in the other universities; for example, Amos Alonzo Stagg was a funder of basketball in the University of Chicago, while Adolph Rupp was coaching the students to play basketball at the University of  Kentucky.

Before 1982, only men were   playing the game, however, in 1893 the first game between women was taking place between University of California and Miss Head’s School. And only in 1984 women were included into the competition as well as men. As a result, 1926, the first women national women’s basketball championship was held.

In 2003-2004, 1,002,797 participants were taking part in the competitions are presented their colleges, among this figure not only bys, but also girls are comprised.

Basketball is one of the most famous and favorite games in the world, it is played by the students with great pleasure. Hundreds of fans are gathered when the game of their favorite team is taking place.

In December of 1891 James Naismith, an instructor form the YMCA Training School, (Springfield College) started to create an active sport game in order to keep his students in norm, and as a result, he invented a game, in which the basket was hung at the high of 3,5 meters and on the elevated track. However, the basket was a peach one, and it caused many difficulties in the process of manual retrieve of the ball.

Such peach baskets were used until 1906, and only in 1906, they were replaces by the    hoops made of metal and backboards. The rules were simple: there were two teams, which were contesting with each other, and that team would win, which will score more balls into the basket.

When the diary of J. Naismith was found in 2006, there was stated that he really was very nervous about a new game invention, as a lot of people were trying to invent one universal game, which will be as popular as football, however all the attempts failed. He wrote that he had combined the rules of the children game “Duck on a Rock” with the rules, which he invented by himself and called the game “Basket Ball”.

That is a history of the game of basketball.