It is very hard to imagine the world of sports without basketball today. “Basketball is played today on neighborhood playgrounds, in grade-school and high-school gymnasiums, in university field houses, and in professional arenas in about 130 countries, by some twenty million individuals each year” (Webb IX). In 1891, a man by the name of James Naismith, invented the game which is called basketball while working at a Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. Inspired by games he played during his childhood, Naismith decided that he would create a game that was to be played inside especially during the winters. Today, everyone pretty much know what a basketball is, but when it was first invented James Naismith used a soccer ball and two