The man who invented basketball

Anyway aside from all that I think this book was very interesting and I would recommend this book to anybody who would like to learn about the origins of Basketball. Dec 16, Cindy Dobrez rated it liked it Shelves: biography , sports. I've heard the peach basket basketball origin story a thousand times, but I hadn't heard that Naismith based the game on a memory of playing "duck on a rock" as a kid.

One player would put a fist sized rock on a bigger rock and the boys threw stones at it to knock it off and avoid the guard to get their rock back if they missed. There are lots of nice archival photos of Naismith and early basketball memorabilia in this easy to read biography. One photo of Naismith's gymnastics team makes me glad I've heard the peach basket basketball origin story a thousand times, but I hadn't heard that Naismith based the game on a memory of playing "duck on a rock" as a kid.

One photo of Naismith's gymnastics team makes me glad I get to watch the muscular guys who compete now on my large HDTV instead of his Rubanesque colleagues. Aug 28, LauraW rated it liked it Shelves: middle-grades , non-fiction , sports. It is definitely an older style of book, though: more text, lots of old time photos.

Hoop Genius would make a better read-aloud; this book would make a better "read to self" book. It isn't as exciting as Hoop Genius, but there is more to think about. Jun 12, Rose added it Shelves: adult-non-fiction. Oct 24, Maya rated it it was amazing. Feb 12, Jasmine marked it as to-read. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Be the first to start one ». Readers also enjoyed.

About Edwin Brit Wyckoff. Be the first. Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. Tags Add tags for "James Naismith : the man who invented basketball". Basketball -- United States -- History. United States. Naismith, James. All rights reserved. Please sign in to WorldCat Don't have an account? Remember me on this computer. Cancel Forgot your password? Rob Rains ; Hellen Carpenter. Print book : Biography : English View all editions and formats.

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Name of resource. Problem URL. Describe the connection issue. Toggle navigation Back to results. James Naismith : the man who invented basketball. Imprint Philadelphia : Temple University Press, Another was knocked out, and he had to pull players apart, Naismith said. Naismith's description of that first game helps shed light on the process that led him to draft the 13 original rules of the game, Zogry told The Associated Press. It appears that he wrote the new rules shortly after the first game, although the exact timeline isn't clear, he said.

Zogry intends to explore his findings with other research on that topic. Then there was a second game with the full complement of rules," Zogry said. He first heard his grandfather's voice once Zogry obtained the audio. He said the recording "changes just about everything that's been written about that first game. But obviously this was kind of try number one.

He commented and said he didn't write enough rules. It came out of that experience," Jim Naismith said in a university news release. Rains said he didn't know any other audio recording of Naismith.

He said the recording suggests that the game "was modified much more quickly than we first thought. He called the discovery "very exciting. The university is building a structure to house them.