James Naismith was born on November 6, 1861, in Ramsay Township near Almonte, Ontario, Canada. In December 1891, while teaching physical education at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, he was tasked with creating an indoor game to keep restless students engaged during cold New England winters. Naismith nailed two half-bushel peach baskets to gymnasium balcony railings 10 feet high, wrote 13 fundamental rules on a typewriter, and organized the first game of basketball using a soccer ball.
James Naismith was born on November 6, 1861, in Ramsay Township near Almonte, Ontario, Canada. In December 1891, while teaching physical education at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, he was tasked with creating an indoor game to keep restless students engaged during cold New England winters. Naismith nailed two half-bushel peach baskets to gymnasium balcony railings 10 feet high, wrote 13 fundamental rules on a typewriter, and organized the first game of basketball using a soccer ball.
