This is how I am making my chronology of the sport look. I have done up more comprehensive chronologies, and am changing format. I will refer to the rules of basketball (general) but they will transform into the rules of basketball (NBA) after 1946. I will point out various non-NBA inventions outside the sport box. It is conceivably the format may need changing as it progresses.
There are indentations accompanying the -'s but if I use CODE tags the text becomes misaligned as I formatted it at more characters width than CODE here displays.
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GAME: "Basket Ball" (general)
- GENERAL
- PLAYERS: 9 per side.
- LENGTH: 30 minutes.
- POINTS PER GOAL: 1.
- COURT
- INCEPTION
- Boundaries.
- RULES
- INCEPTION
- The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands.
- The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands.
- A player cannot run with the ball. The player must throw it from the spot on which he catches it, allowance to be made for a man who
catches the ball when running at a good speed if he tries to stop.
- The ball must be held in or between the hands; the arms or body must not be used for holding it.
- No shouldering, holding, striking, pushing, or tripping in any way of an opponent. The first infringement of this rule by any person
shall count as a foul; the second shall disqualify him until the next basket is made or, if there was evident intent to injure the
person, for the whole of the game. No substitution shall be allowed.
- A foul is striking at the ball with the fist, violation of rules three and four and such described in rule five.
- If either side makes three consecutive fouls, it shall count a goal for the opponents (consecutive means without the opponents in the
mean time making a foul).
- A goal shall be made when the ball is thrown or batted from the grounds into the basket and stays there (without falling), providing
those defending the goal do not touch or disturb the goal. If the ball rests on the edges, and the opponent moves the basket, it shall
count as a goal.
- When the ball goes out of bounds, it shall be thrown into the field of play and played by the first person touching it. In case of
dispute the umpire shall throw it straight into the field. The thrower-in is allowed five seconds. If he holds it longer, it shall go
to the opponent. If any side persists in delaying the game, the umpire shall call a foul on that side.
- The umpire shall be the judge of the men and shall note the fouls and notify the referee when three consecutive fouls have been made.
He shall have power to disqualify people according to Rule 5.
- The referee shall be judge of the ball and shall decide when the ball is in play, in bounds, to which side it belongs, and shall keep
the time. He shall decide when a goal has been made and keep account of the baskets, with any other duties that are usually performed
by a scorekeeper.
- The time shall be two fifteen-minute halves, with five minutes rest between.
- The side making the most points in that time is declared the winner.
- The game was started with a jump ball.
- EQUIPMENT
- INCEPTION
- Peach baskets
- Possibly around 18 inches in diameter (56.5 inch circumference).
- Bottom intact trapping ball.
- Elevated track
- Basket affixed to a 10 foot (3.0 m) high track.
- Associated Football (soccer) ball
- Inflatable rubber bladder (1862).
- 27 to 28 inches (68.6 cm to 71.1 cm) circumference (1872).
- 13-15 ounces (1872).
- CHANGE
- Rings of woven wire
- Replaced peach baskets sometime in 1892.
- Nets were first used with the change in rings, cupped at the bottom so as to trap the ball.
1872?
?
- Childhood game played by James Naismith called "Duck on a Rock" (at about the age of 11).
GAME: "Duck on a Rock"
- RULES
- A player (the 'guard') places a small rock on a large rock.
- Other players attempt to dislodge the small rock by throwing another rock.
- If the rock misses the other rock, the thrower must run to get the stone and avoid being tagged by the defender (the 'guard').
1891/1892
December 21, 1891
- The first game of basketball is played between two teams of 9 players.
January 15, 1892
- The first 13 rules of basketball is published.
January 20, 1892
- The first official basketball game is played in the YMCA gynasium in Sprinfield, Massachusetts.
March 6, 1892
- No later than this date and possibly sooner Senda Berenson Abbott adapted the rules for women and began featuring the game in her classes
giving rise to womens basketball.
March 11, 1892
- The first basketball game is played in public between students and faculty at the Springfield YMCA infront of 200 spectators with the
students winning 5-1.
GAME: "Basket Ball" (general)
- GENERAL
- PLAYERS: 9 per side.
- LENGTH: 30 minutes.
- POINTS PER GOAL: 1.
- COURT
- INCEPTION
- Boundaries.
- RULES
- INCEPTION
- The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands.
- The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands.
- A player cannot run with the ball. The player must throw it from the spot on which he catches it, allowance to be made for a man who
catches the ball when running at a good speed if he tries to stop.
- The ball must be held in or between the hands; the arms or body must not be used for holding it.
- No shouldering, holding, striking, pushing, or tripping in any way of an opponent. The first infringement of this rule by any person
shall count as a foul; the second shall disqualify him until the next basket is made or, if there was evident intent to injure the
person, for the whole of the game. No substitution shall be allowed.
- A foul is striking at the ball with the fist, violation of rules three and four and such described in rule five.
- If either side makes three consecutive fouls, it shall count a goal for the opponents (consecutive means without the opponents in the
mean time making a foul).
- A goal shall be made when the ball is thrown or batted from the grounds into the basket and stays there (without falling), providing
those defending the goal do not touch or disturb the goal. If the ball rests on the edges, and the opponent moves the basket, it shall
count as a goal.
- When the ball goes out of bounds, it shall be thrown into the field of play and played by the first person touching it. In case of
dispute the umpire shall throw it straight into the field. The thrower-in is allowed five seconds. If he holds it longer, it shall go
to the opponent. If any side persists in delaying the game, the umpire shall call a foul on that side.
- The umpire shall be the judge of the men and shall note the fouls and notify the referee when three consecutive fouls have been made.
He shall have power to disqualify people according to Rule 5.
- The referee shall be judge of the ball and shall decide when the ball is in play, in bounds, to which side it belongs, and shall keep
the time. He shall decide when a goal has been made and keep account of the baskets, with any other duties that are usually performed
by a scorekeeper.
- The time shall be two fifteen-minute halves, with five minutes rest between.
- The side making the most points in that time is declared the winner.
- The game was started with a jump ball.
- EQUIPMENT
- INCEPTION
- Peach baskets
- Possibly around 18 inches in diameter (56.5 inch circumference).
- Bottom intact trapping ball.
- Elevated track
- Basket affixed to a 10 foot (3.0 m) high track.
- Associated Football (soccer) ball
- Inflatable rubber bladder (1862).
- 27 to 28 inches (68.6 cm to 71.1 cm) circumference (1872).
- 13-15 ounces (1872).
- CHANGE
- Rings of woven wire
- Replaced peach baskets sometime in 1892.
- Nets were first used with the change in rings, cupped at the bottom so as to trap the ball.
1893
GAME: Basketball (general)
- EQUIPMENT
- INCEPTION
- Backboards were first used probably towards the start of the year, originally made of chicken wire. They were invented to stop fans
from the balconies interfering with shots.
- CHANGE
- Rings of woven wire were replaced by cast iron rings and (as they were previously) accompanied by nets that were cupped at the bottom
which did not allow the ball to fall through.
1894
GAME: Basketball (general)
- EQUIPMENT
- CHANGE
- First purpose made basketball
- 32 inch circumference.
- 20 ounces.
1895
?
- Inspired by basketball, volleyball (Mintonette) is invented by William G. Morgan in Holyoke, Massachusetts 10 miles (16 kilometres) from
where basketball was invented.
PERSONAL THEORY: Original basketball is typically thought of as a male version of todays netball. I believe as the game was evolving it
may have been played in unique ways. One of the ways which might have captivated young men at the time was the possibility that you did
not need to catch and pass the ball. The second rule of basketball was that the ball could be swatted in either direction. Combined with
the fact that the gymnasium was probably rather small and there were 9 players a side, and there were walls just outside the boundaries
and out of bounds was awarded to whoever retrieved it, and finally that the ball was a lighter association football, it is possible
swatting the ball instead of catching and passing (including off the gymnasium walls like a game of pinball (which itself hadn't evolved from bagatelle yet): there is evidence of this in accounts when cages were later used and it may explain why they seemingly illogically retained the original out of bounds rule for the first decade because the walls were used as strategy) was used to outsmart the defense. In this way, basketball may have served more than just inspiration for volleyball but volleyball may have drawn from aspects of the way
basketball was actually originally played just as it drew from a variety of more familiar raquet net games.
GAME: Basketball (general)
- COURT
- CHANGE
- Free throw line
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1872?
?
- Childhood game played by James Naismith called "Duck on a Rock" (at about the age of 11).
GAME: "Duck on a Rock"
- RULES
- A player (the 'guard') places a small rock on a large rock.
- Other players attempt to dislodge the small rock by throwing another rock.
- If the rock misses the other rock, the thrower must run to get the stone and avoid being tagged by the defender (the 'guard').
1891/1892
December 21, 1891
- The first game of basketball is played between two teams of 9 players.
January 15, 1892
- The first 13 rules of basketball is published.
January 20, 1892
- The first official basketball game is played in the YMCA gynasium in Sprinfield, Massachusetts.
March 6, 1892
- No later than this date and possibly sooner Senda Berenson Abbott adapted the rules for women and began featuring the game in her classes
giving rise to womens basketball.
March 11, 1892
- The first basketball game is played in public between students and faculty at the Springfield YMCA infront of 200 spectators with the
students winning 5-1.
GAME: "Basket Ball" (general)
- GENERAL
- PLAYERS: 9 per side.
- LENGTH: 30 minutes.
- POINTS PER GOAL: 1.
- COURT
- INCEPTION
- Boundaries.
- RULES
- INCEPTION
- The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands.
- The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands.
- A player cannot run with the ball. The player must throw it from the spot on which he catches it, allowance to be made for a man who
catches the ball when running at a good speed if he tries to stop.
- The ball must be held in or between the hands; the arms or body must not be used for holding it.
- No shouldering, holding, striking, pushing, or tripping in any way of an opponent. The first infringement of this rule by any person
shall count as a foul; the second shall disqualify him until the next basket is made or, if there was evident intent to injure the
person, for the whole of the game. No substitution shall be allowed.
- A foul is striking at the ball with the fist, violation of rules three and four and such described in rule five.
- If either side makes three consecutive fouls, it shall count a goal for the opponents (consecutive means without the opponents in the
mean time making a foul).
- A goal shall be made when the ball is thrown or batted from the grounds into the basket and stays there (without falling), providing
those defending the goal do not touch or disturb the goal. If the ball rests on the edges, and the opponent moves the basket, it shall
count as a goal.
- When the ball goes out of bounds, it shall be thrown into the field of play and played by the first person touching it. In case of
dispute the umpire shall throw it straight into the field. The thrower-in is allowed five seconds. If he holds it longer, it shall go
to the opponent. If any side persists in delaying the game, the umpire shall call a foul on that side.
- The umpire shall be the judge of the men and shall note the fouls and notify the referee when three consecutive fouls have been made.
He shall have power to disqualify people according to Rule 5.
- The referee shall be judge of the ball and shall decide when the ball is in play, in bounds, to which side it belongs, and shall keep
the time. He shall decide when a goal has been made and keep account of the baskets, with any other duties that are usually performed
by a scorekeeper.
- The time shall be two fifteen-minute halves, with five minutes rest between.
- The side making the most points in that time is declared the winner.
- The game was started with a jump ball.
- EQUIPMENT
- INCEPTION
- Peach baskets
- Possibly around 18 inches in diameter (56.5 inch circumference).
- Bottom intact trapping ball.
- Elevated track
- Basket affixed to a 10 foot (3.0 m) high track.
- Associated Football (soccer) ball
- Inflatable rubber bladder (1862).
- 27 to 28 inches (68.6 cm to 71.1 cm) circumference (1872).
- 13-15 ounces (1872).
- CHANGE
- Rings of woven wire
- Replaced peach baskets sometime in 1892.
- Nets were first used with the change in rings, cupped at the bottom so as to trap the ball.
1893
GAME: Basketball (general)
- EQUIPMENT
- INCEPTION
- Backboards were first used probably towards the start of the year, originally made of chicken wire. They were invented to stop fans
from the balconies interfering with shots.
- CHANGE
- Rings of woven wire were replaced by cast iron rings and (as they were previously) accompanied by nets that were cupped at the bottom
which did not allow the ball to fall through.
1894
GAME: Basketball (general)
- EQUIPMENT
- CHANGE
- First purpose made basketball
- 32 inch circumference.
- 20 ounces.
1895
?
- Inspired by basketball, volleyball (Mintonette) is invented by William G. Morgan in Holyoke, Massachusetts 10 miles (16 kilometres) from
where basketball was invented.
PERSONAL THEORY: Original basketball is typically thought of as a male version of todays netball. I believe as the game was evolving it
may have been played in unique ways. One of the ways which might have captivated young men at the time was the possibility that you did
not need to catch and pass the ball. The second rule of basketball was that the ball could be swatted in either direction. Combined with
the fact that the gymnasium was probably rather small and there were 9 players a side, and there were walls just outside the boundaries
and out of bounds was awarded to whoever retrieved it, and finally that the ball was a lighter association football, it is possible
swatting the ball instead of catching and passing (including off the gymnasium walls like a game of pinball (which itself hadn't evolved from bagatelle yet): there is evidence of this in accounts when cages were later used and it may explain why they seemingly illogically retained the original out of bounds rule for the first decade because the walls were used as strategy) was used to outsmart the defense. In this way, basketball may have served more than just inspiration for volleyball but volleyball may have drawn from aspects of the way
basketball was actually originally played just as it drew from a variety of more familiar raquet net games.
GAME: Basketball (general)
- COURT
- CHANGE
- Free throw line