Women in Basketball

MOMEN BASKETBALL HOW BASKETBALL WAS CREATED The Year Befare Women Played 1891 Dr. James Naismith Basketball was created in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, a physical education professor and instructor at the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, known today as Springfield College Basketball's inaugural contest was played in December 1891 1891 THE ORIGINAL GAME VERY DIFFERENT FROM BASKETBALL TODAY PLAYED USING A SOCCER BALL NINE PLAYERS ON EACH TEAM SHOT AT GOALS MADE FROM PEACH BASKETS Peach Basket AMAZING! AFTER EACH SUCCESSFUL SHOT, A LADDER WAS USED TO RETRIEVE THE BALL Eventually, a pole was used to poke the ball back out after a made shot THE BALL COULD ONLY BE ADVANCED VIA A PASS The original rules did not accommodate for what is known in today's game as dribbling HISTORY OF WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Jun 25. 1929 Women's basketball started in 1892 at Smith O 1892 College in Northampton, Massachusetts by Professor Sendra Berenson. • 1896 April 4, 1896 - the first intercollegiate contest between the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford was held. Stanford won, 2-1 THE SATTRDAY EVENING SOST Women's basketball was featured on the cover • 1906 of the Saturday Evening Post The Edmonton Grads, then known as the Commercial High School basketball team, won the Intercollegiate Basketball League. They would go on to play as the Grads, with a record of 502-20 between 1915 and 1940. James Naismith would go on to refer to them as, "The finest basketball • 1915 team that ever stepped out on a floor." 1932 The International Basketball Federation is formed in Geneva. • 1936 The All American Red Heads Team was formed. E They would go on to tour the country for 50 years, playing men's team using men's rules. Former All American Red Heads player, Hazel Walker became the first woman to own a professional basketball team, the Arkansas Travelers. The team played for sixteen seasons, (September to May) from 1949-1965 mostly against men's teams. They averaged 220 games a season, 1949 1929 winning over 80% of them The first International Basketball 1953 Association (FIBA) World Championship for Women took place with the USA taking first place FROM 1895 UNTIL 1970 The first full Women's Basketball THE TERM "WOMEN'S 1974 scholarship was offered. The recipient was Ann Meyers who attended UCLA BASKETBALL"WAS ALSO USED TO REFER TO NETBALL, WHICH EVOLVED IN PARALLEL WITH MODERN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL DUE The first nationally televised game was played by the University of Maryland and Immaculata University TO THE FEAR THAT 1975 BASKETBALL WAS TO0 PHYSICALLY DEMANDING FOR WOMEN TO PLAY. • 1976 Women's basketball became an official Olympic sport THE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Ju5 1929 HALL OF FAME IS HOME OF PERCE THE WORLD'S LARGEST Women's Professional Basketball BASKETBALL: 1978 League was formed, The first professional basketball league in the United States lasted until 1981. 30 FEET TALL WEIGHTS 10 TONS 1982 The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began to sponsor Women's basketball. 1996 The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) was formed. The Women's Basketball Hall of 1999 Fame opened in 1999 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Sources http://www.wbhof.com/Timeline.html http://www.basketball.org/who-invented-basketball/ http://www.basketball.org/first-college-basketball-game/ www.basketballhistory.org http://www.ehow.com/about 5089824 interesting-womens-basketball.html arieš APPAREL www.ariesapparel .com