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Michael Hemsath
Mrs.Moylan
4th Hour
TIL
-soon after basketball was invented, they replaced the peach basket hoops with metal rims and added a net.- in 1906, players cut holes in the bottom of the net's to allow the ball to pass straight through the hoop.
- players could not dunk in 1891, because the metal rims were weak and could shatter the backboard, which is a safety hazard for the other players and can delay the game.-Arthur Ehrat came up with a solution to broken basketball rims. he made a rim with built-in spring action known as "the breakaway rim". hanging ten feet above the floor.
-when basketball was first invented, players or spectators had to climb a ladder to remove the ball after every successful shot made. this is because peach baskets were the first basketball hoops.
-Basketball was played with a soccer ball instead of a basketball in the 1890's.
-the first real basketball's were consisted of four leather panels with a rubber bladder inside.- factory-produced and molded basketball's with a consistent size did not appear until 1942
-in 2006, the NBA switched to a composite leather design, but the changes lasted only 3 months because of a barrage of complaints from players.- for about 50 years, all basketballs were made out of genuine leather.- the NBA ball must be inflated with 7.5-8.5oz. per square inch with air, according to basketball.org.
- the glass backboards in basketball cannot be dented and remains smooth even after years of use.- a professional backboard today is 42 by 72 inches and can withstand up to 230 lbs. of pressure.
-when there were no backboards in basketball, there was no such thing as rebounding the ball.
-when basketball was first invented, players or spectators had to climb a ladder to remove the ball after every successful shot made. this is because peach baskets were the first basketball hoops.
Basketball ball (1894)
Basketball ball today (2012)
Backboard
Ball
RIM AND NET