![]() ![]() “I called the boys to the gym, divided them up into teams of nine and gave them a little soccer ball,” Naismith recalled in a 1939 radio interview that aired on WOR-AM in New York City. So, Naismith took up another teacher's challenge to keep students in line. ![]() In the early 1890s, Naismith-who was born in Canada-moved on from his job in Montreal as McGill University's athletic director to become a physical education teacher at the YMCA International Training School. Bored and unruly students needed an activity during difficult New England winters. READ MORE: How a Canadian Invented Basketball ![]() Two teams of nine players each compete against each other, with the objective to throw a soccer ball into a peach basket attached to a balcony 10 feet above the floor. Based on 13 rules created by Naismith, the game is tested by 18 students at the International Young Men’s Christian Association Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. On December 21, 1891, 30-year-old James Naismith introduces the first game of basketball. ![]()
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