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 \nSENDA ABBOTT:Oh!It's Dr.Naismith!The man whoinvented basketball.JAMES NAISMITH(enters):  \nYou're right!I did  \ninvent basketball!I wasa physical educationteacher in Springfield,Massachusetts.Physicaleducation is like gymclass.I invented agame for boys to playduring the winter.That  \nDr.James Naismith(1861-1939)  \nhappened in 1891.That was how basketballstarted.  \nSENDA ABBOTT:Basketball was very different in 1891from today's game.  \nJAMES NAISMITH:Yes,indeed.The idea of the gamewas the same,but many other things weredifferent.  \n### SENDA ABBOTT:What did you use for hoops?\n\nJAMES NAISMITH:We used peach baskets.A peachbasket is a wooden container.It's used to holdfruit,such as peaches.I used them as the firstbasketball baskets!  \n### SENDA ABBOTT:Did they have nets?\n\nJAMES NAISMITH:No,these baskets did not havenets.They were not open at the bottom.Sothey were not really\"hoops.\"And the first ballwe used was a soccer ball!It could not bouncehigh.It was different from basketballs today.  \nSENDA ABBOTT:Dr.Naismith,did you know thatbasketball is still popular?Many people playit for fun.And some famous athletes play ittoo!Lots of people watch basketball games ontelevision.Old and young people watch menand women play.  \nJAMES NAISMITH(he speaks to the audience):  \nTelevision..of course!I couldn't rememberwhat that was for a moment.Forgive me!Wedidn't have televisions when I was alive!  \nSENDA ABBOπT:(laughs and shakes her head):Wealso didn't have many people who wanted girlsto play basketball.  \nJAMES NAISMITH:That's very true.So how did youget interested in basketball,Mrs.Abbott?  \nIt took very little time for basketball to become a gamefor girls,as well as boys.  \nSENDA ABBOTT:My job was at Smith College.I wasa physical education teacher for girls.I heardabout basketball.I thought my students mightlike it.But I was a little bit worried.What if thegame was too rough,or dangerous,for girls?  \nJAMES NAISMITH:Many people felt that way,Mrs.  \nAbbott.People then thought that girls had tobe careful.They thought that it was easy forgirls to hurt themselves playing sports.  \nSENDA ABBOTT:That's how I felt.I made up somenew rules so that the game wouldn't beso rough.Times were different back then.I didn't want girls to play a fast basketballgame.P","cbCait873A0p1yNR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCait873A0p1yNR","pdf",2537728,16,"English","# Key Comprehension Skill\n## Cause and Effect\n# Learning Goals\n# Characters and Setting\n## Characters\n## Setting, Costumes, Props\n# Story: Origins and Rule Changes\n## Invention in 1891\n## Hoops and Nets\n## Television and Popularity\n## Rules for Girls\n## Court Division and Fewer Fouls\n## Diagrams of the Court\n# Clara Baer: Clothes and Additional Rules","[{\"question\":\"Who invented basketball, and when did it start?\",\"answer\":\"Dr. James Naismith invented basketball. 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