History of Basketball:

Dr. James Naismith who was a Canadian physical education instructor at the YMCA training school, which today is Springfield College, was looking in the winter of 1891 for a game that could be played indoors. Something to keep his students at a good level of fitness as well as keeping them from getting bored through the long winters of New England. After much thinking he took a peach basket and nailed it to a track about 10 feet high. In those early days the basket still had its bottom and the ball had to be taken out after each point scored. Listening to his students, he named this new game, basketball. It wasn’t until 1906 that peach baskets were replaced with metal hoops and backboards. The idea was that each time the ball went into the basket, your team scored a point and the team with the most points at the end of a game was the winner. Though fearful the game would fail to catch on it almost instantly became a big hit with all those that played it. Just a little over a month after creating this new game of basketball, the first official game was held at the YMCA on January 20, 1892 with a high scoring game of 1 to 0. Go here for more Christmas Decorations Ideas.

Basketball Ornaments:

The definition of Christmas tree ornaments comes to us from the route word ornament which is defined as an accessory used to beautify, enrich, or improve the appearance or general effect of an object. To many sports fans, anything of basketball is a thing of beauty. So, many fans like to decorate their whole house with a basketball theme. There is more Christmas Ornaments information here.

Playing Basketball:

Games of the National Basketball Association are played on a wooden court that is 94 by 50 feet, at both ends of the court are the baskets. The game is broken into four quarters, each quarter being 12 minutes long with a 15 minute half-time break, which is played by two teams, each with only 5 active players on the court. With time-outs and the clock stopping when the ball isn’t in play, games usually last around two hours. There are various penalties for breaking the standard rules of the game. Shooting the ball has become something of an art-form in modern basketball, especially the dunk. This is where the player jumps into the air and slams the ball through the basket. Some players jump from underneath the basket while others jump towards the basket from a great distance seeming to float through the air. One of the greatest players of the game was Michael Jordan who was famous for his dunks. View more Sports Ornaments here.