From Naismith’s original rules written in 1891 to an excerpt from the posthumous publication of his book Basketball: Its Origin and Development, Naismith’s writings range over a fifty-year period, showing his thoughts on the game’s invention and as the game evolved during his lifetime. So what did Naismith think about the game of basketball? In The James Naismith Reader, Douglas Stark answers that question using articles, speeches, letters, notes, radio interview transcripts, and other correspondence, including discussions on the game’s origins, Naismith’s childhood game duck on a rock in Canada, the changing rules, basketball as a representation of Muscular Christianity, and the physical education movement. And yet basketball never had an overriding presence in Naismith’s life, as he was also a minister, doctor, educator, and coach. Almost instantly popular, the game spread across the country and was played in fifteen countries by the end of the century. That December of 1891, his task was to create a game to occupy a rowdy class during the winter months. James Naismith invented the game of basketball as a physical education instructor at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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