KIDS QUIZ
SPORTS TEAMS AND PLAYERS
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Question
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Why did the inventor of the game of basketball feel the need to invent it?
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He wanted to condition young athletes during the cold months.
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He wanted the participants to engage in a sport that was less injury-prone than football.
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His wife felt he shoud be innovative and wanted him to be known as an inventor.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Using a soccer ball, two peach baskets placed 10 feet up in the air, nine players on each team, and a set of 13 basic rules, Dr. Naismith invented the game of “basket ball.” The first game was played on December 21, 1891. Initially, players could only advance the ball by passing it.
Detailed explanation-2: -Basketball 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.
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