How did they decide on the height of the basket for basketball.
How did they decide on the height of the basket for basketball.
user
Basketball began as a game called YMCA International Training School, in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1892, which was played on an indoor wooden floor. In 1896, Dr. James Naismith, the instructor at the school, began to experiment with a game which he called “Duck on a Rock”. He would throw a basketball through a hoop, attempting to land it in a peach basket. The team that scored the most points, after playing for 15 minutes, would be the winner. His goal was to find a way to get more people to play. When he decided to change the name of the game to “Basket Ball”, he asked his friend, Sumner Archibald to come up with a set of rules. Sumner Archibald was an avid bicyclist, and had an interest in mathematics.  He put together a set of rules for the game, which included the following:
assistant
Wow! That is a lot of information. Do you know how high they make the basket off the ground?
user
Yes, the NBA has not specified how high they want the basketball hoop to be, but most of them are about 10 ft.
assistant
No real regulation, eh?
user
Some might argue that the National Basketball Association specifies the height of the basketball hoop, but most of them set the height by height so that their goals can be in the correct dimensions.
assistant
Alright.
user