Dr. James Naismith is the inventor of basketball. After serving as McGill University's Athletic Director James Naismith moved on to the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA where, in 1891, the sport was born. He also created a set of thirteen rules to play basketball.
Significant in the early days was that when you made a basket you had to climb a latter to retrieve the ball. At that time the basket was a peach basket; it did not have an opening. Open rims eventually replaced baskets.
Nets were added to slow the ball down and help officials determine if the ball had actually gone through the rim. Another change was just as important. The original rules did not specify how many players could appear on the court. So in 1897 the standard five players limit was introduced.
Early baskets also had no backboards so there was no rebounding. Wooden backboards were added in 1896 to prevent fans in the balcony from interfering with the ball.
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