Betty's post about the original rules of Basketball lead me to this website Basketball Basics that I thought was so interesting. Did you know that:
- Basketball at one time was referred to as the "Cage Game" and players' "Cagers." This was a result of wire mesh (chicken wire) or chain-link fencing being hung around the entire court in an effort to make the game go faster by eliminating all the out of bounds delays.
- actual peach baskets were used and that someone had to climb up and get the ball out of the basket after each goal
- at first the game was played with soccer balls and after each goal there was a jumpball
- when a player was replaced by a substitute, the player could not return to the game
- coaching during the game was not allowed until 1945, yes 1945, over 50 years after the game was first played
- why the 'key' is called the key
I found it all very interesting.
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