Cartoons from 1918 show the last time Americans went without sports
Between World War I and the Spanish Flu, October 1918 was perhaps the U.S.’s last month without sports — until now. The United States entered World War I in April 1917. In the spring of 1918, professional baseball players were notified that the government was going to issue a “work or fight” order, forcing men […]
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Disability inclusion is an essential condition to upholding human rights, sustainable development, and peace and security. It is also central to the promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to leave no one behind. The commitment to realizing the rights of persons with disabilities is not only a matter of justice; it is an […]
The Paralyzed World War II Veterans Who Invented Wheelchair Basketball
On an unremarkable Wednesday evening in the spring of 1948, 15,561 spectators flocked to New York’s Madison Square Garden to watch two teams of World War II veterans play an exhibition basketball game. The servicemen who took to the hardwood that night were as extraordinarily ordinary as any group of veterans. They could have been […]
Basketball Hoops
Basketball Hoops In 1891 Naismith hung the sport’s first wooden baskets in a balcony of the indoor gymnasium of the “School of Christian Workers” (later called Springfield College). This basket height has never changed! Despite so many changes in the rules of the sport, the height of the baskets remained the same! In 1892 Lew […]
Individual Ball Handling and Shooting Training – Phase 2 Lockdown
Individual Ball Handling and Shooting Training – Phase 2 Lockdown We are in the period of the 2nd wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Amateur” sport has gone into a phase of suspending its activities. Consequently, male and female basketball players, especially at developmental ages, have been cut off from team activities. It is important, following […]
Εκπαίδευση παιδιών και νέων στον αθλητισμό.
Η ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΗ ΤΩΝ ΠΑΙΔΙΩΝ ΣΕ ΑΘΛΗΤΙΚΕΣ ΟΜΑΔΕΣ Πάρα πολλά παιδιά, σε όλα τα επίπεδα των ηλικιών, από τις πρώτες τάξεις του δημοτικού σχολείου έως και τη δευτεροβάθμια εκπαίδευση, συμμετέχουν καθημερινά σε αθλητικές δραστηριότητες. Αυτές οι δραστηριότητες γίνονται με την ευθύνη των συλλόγων και των προπονητών που αναλαμβάνουν το έργο της […]
Τα πάντα αλλάζουν.
Είναι η φυσιολογική εξέλιξη της ζωής. Τα πάντα αλλάζουν. Κοιταζόμαστε στον καθρέφτη και βλέπουμε το πρόσωπο με τις ρυτίδες. Πίσω από τον καθρέφτη όμως, υπάρχει το παιδικό πρόσωπο της καρδιάς μας. Μπορούμε να επιλέξουμε τι θέλουμε να βλέπουμε και να διαμορφώνουμε ανάλογα τα συναισθήματά μας. Τα πάντα αλλάζουν. Κάποτε διαβάζαμε εφημερίδες και τώρα διαβάσουμε ιστοσελίδες. […]
The last minutes of a basketball game
The last minutes of a basketball game In the last minutes of last night’s A1 match between G.S. Peristeri and A.E.K. , the home team had a lead of 7 points (55 – 48). From that point on, AEK relied on personal baskets by Keith Langford and 3-pointers by Matt Lojeski, so that in the […]
