The arrival of basketball in Italy
The arrival of basketball in Italy The first appearance of basketball in Italy. April 27, 1907 was a very important day for the sport of basketball in Italy. Until that time, basketball was not known in Italy. Mrs. Ida Nomi Venerosi Pesciolini, Physical Education teacher at the “Mens Sana in Corpore Sano Society” school and […]
Three Pigs & Basketball
Three Pigs & Basketball Once upon a time there were three little pigs who liked basketball. Growing up, it was time for them to move on, creating their own stadium and their own team. It was summer when they started their journey. The first piglet was a hurried character. He wanted to quickly prepare […]
The “Golden Journey”
The “Golden Journey” “…The course of basketball continued in 1897 in the Czech Republic. The first basketball game was played in the Bohemian city under the guidance of Professor Jaroslav Karásek. (Colbeck at all, 1972, 77). The teacher presented the sport with its rules to boys, high school and elementary school, in a combined teaching […]
From Childhood to Adulthood
Adolescence is a transition period from childhood to adulthood, which is generally characterized by good health. Nevertheless, it is a period with specific health challenges and developmental needs that differ from those of children and adults. Important changes take place such as physical – hormonal (i.e puberty, musculo – skeletal etc), neurodevelopmental (emotional responses, sleep […]
The Jump Shoot. The development since 1934
The Jump Shoot. The development since 1934 Basketball shoot Shooting basketball is a game of confidence and trust. If the player-three possesses these two characteristics, he has the foundations to develop into a scorer. Nobody is born a shooter. This is done through hard work in training. The experience of a basketball player shows […]
December 21st, in 1891
Today is a special day in the history of basketball. On this day, December 21st, in 1891, the first basketball game was played in Springfield, Massachusetts. Created by Canadian-born Dr. James Naismith, basket ball, had 13 original rules. The sport has evolved and modified in many ways over the past 125 years, but today’s rules have […]
2021 Basketball Reinstatement Proposal
2021 Basketball Reinstatement Proposal Basketball friends, The “second time Lock down” deprived and continues to deprive within a few months for another period of time, the sports activity in the basketball teams, which belong to the amateur, child-adolescent sports and the academies. The training and competition goals were overturned and now the future of any […]
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 […]
