It was so fun that it became rugby. The first signs of American football dates back to the 19th century when students from elite colleges and universities played it. A violent running game was played in Princeton around 1820, and around the same time a kicking game was played by the students of Dartmouth College. The rules used in the Dartmouth game, known as “Old Division Football”, were published in 1871. Rugby was the first running game to codify its rules in 1845.
Michael Jordan was written by Michael Boughn in 1999. The book details the life and unbelievable career of Michael Jordan. What I learned about this book is that Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian from a small town in Ontario, was living in Springfield, Massachusetts when he decided to nail to peach baskets to each side of the balcony railings of the YMCA. He thought of two teams trying to throw a soccer ball into the basket. This was how the game of basketball started.
Michael Jordan tried out for his high school basketball team and was cut because he was too short. From that point on, Michael Jordan set out to prove that he would be the best NBA player to ever play the game of basketball. Michael Jordan was born in 1963 in New York. His family moved to North Carolina when he as a toddler. Michael Jordan went on to attend college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was an all-star player.
Schoffman, Coby Professor Dr. Yair MacClanahan-Shophet Globalization and Political Economy December 11, 2011 Commodification In Basketball When James Naismith, the Canadian clergyman, educator, and physician, first introduced the game of basketball in 1891 (Laughead Jr. 2004), it was designed to be a form of exercise and an innocent act of entertainment. Since then, the popularity of the sport grew rapidly starting with the assembling of U.S. college basketball teams between 1893 and 1895. Following the formation of the college league (later known as the NCAA), in 1898, The National Basketball League, the worlds first fully professional association of competing teams, was born. In 1949 the National Basketball League reached an agreement with a subsequent basketball league entitled the Basketball Association of America and thus the National Basketball Association (NBA) was created. The National Basketball Association (NBA) became a business that generated profit for the league itself and its 30 franchised clubs from corporate sponsorship, ticket sales, media coverage, and merchandising.
Cultural Integration of Swimming – Swimming has been recorded throughout ancient history, however competitive swimming began in Europe in around 1800. The most popular stroke that was swum in competitions was breastroke. The adaption of the sport began in 1873, when a new racing stroke called trudgen was introduced to Western Swimming competitions. This originated from the front crawl used by Native Americans. The sport made its first appearance in the first modern Olympic games of 1896 in Athens.
Football The history of American football can be traced back to rugby and association football. Walter Camp is known as the founding father of American football and he also introduced the line of scrimmage. Another thing Walter Camp wanted was an eleven man team. In 1882 Walter Camp presented the system of downs. There was three attempts to advance the ball 5 yards.
What caused these changes to take place in 1992 you may ask? Well it was a basketball group of kids called the Fab Five at the University of Michigan. These 5 kids brought their own “swagger” or style to the court and didn’t care how people viewed them. Because of this, they would go on to change college basketball forever in both the way people played and the attire of the game. It was the year 1991 and the Michigan Wolverines had just signed 5 ESPN top 100 high school seniors or recruits.
Founded on June 6, 1844 in London, England the YMCA was built to make the youth learn and understand the Christian religion. Their name stands for young men Christian Association and has become a worldwide movement in over 154 nations. The YMCA has had many achievements over the decades one of the being basketball. Invented on December 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts by a gym teacher named Luther Gulick, basketball has become traditional sport for the U.S. and has over 30 different teams in the NBA (national basketball association). Other YMCA achievements include serving over 21 million men, women, and children across America.
Overall, the degree to which basketball has advanced over the years is amazing and has become one of the major sports all over the world. The game of basketball was first invented in 1891 by Dr. James A. Naismith (Laughead). While holding the position as a physical education instructor at a YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, Naismith was given the challenge of developing a game that could be played inside during the winter months. Additionally, he wanted to create a game that required a certain degree of skill rather than one that relied primarily on strength. After only two weeks of thinking, he came up with the basic concepts that would later define the rules of basketball.
even though it has a history dating back to 1930. In 1986 the, Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) held its first ever world championships in Rio de Janeiro (FIVB website). It is believed that Juan Antonio Samaranch who was then the President of the International Olympic Committee was persuaded to add it to the Olympic roster after he was invited to a Beach volleyball tournament that was held in Brazil with around 12000 fans attending the tournament. it became a demo sport at the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992 before becoming a full medal status game in Atlanta 1996(Judd Ron, 2004). It made an instant impact at the Atlanta Olympics as it did not disappoint the spectators and it also became one of the most popular sports even though it was played on an artificial beach that was far from the oceans (Landler Mark, 2000).