What is Basketball?

The basketball  is a game that consists of putting the ball in a hoop or basket that is three meters and five centimeters per above ground level, it is played on a court twenty-five to thirty meters long, by fifteen to twenty meters width. Each team consists of five players, who have the mission of putting the ball in the opponent's basket thus giving scores of two points (doubles) being within the area of ​​two points or three points (triples), being behind the line of three points. The ball must be bounced below waist level.

The basketball It is played over four periods or quarters of 10 or 12 minutes each. At the end of the second quarter, there is a 15-20 minute break by changing the basket after the break.

You cannot walk with the ball held in your hands, and if you do so it is only in the shooting area, you can take two steps with the ball before scoring or passing a pass.

He was born out of the need to do some sport during the winter. Being created at the YMICA school in Springfiel, Massachusetts, United States. Its creator was James Naismith, a physical education teacher, in December 1891. The professor at the University of Illinois (Massachusetts), was entrusted with the mission, in 1879, to devise a sport that It could be played indoors, as the winters in that area made it difficult to carry out any outdoor activity free.

In the 1928 and 1932 Olympic Games, it was introduced as an exhibition sport in 1936 it was elevated as an Olympic sport, it is here where Naismith could see his creation turned into an Olympic game, he was accompanied by Adolf Hitler in the box of honor, in Germany.

The basketball female was admitted as an Olympic sport in 1976.

Basketball, it spread rapidly in the United States. In Mexico it was quickly adopted due to its geographical location. Europe enjoyed its arrival thanks to the YMCA headquarters in Paris, France, and it was after the First World War that it spread, thanks to the soldiers who used it as a hobby.