Posts Tagged: James Naismith
Hi! While my writing pals and I are in the midst of fast draft (you can check last week’s post for more details by clicking here), I thought you would enjoy a post I wrote 5 years ago, about the beginnings of women’s collegiate basketball. See you next week, Kathy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The game of…
The game of basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith for the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Massachusetts. In 1892, Senda Berenson Abbott started the first women’s basketball program at Smith College, making modifications to the rules for women’s play. 2 people like this post. Like Unlike