2. • Today I want to tell you about popular
team sport in Russia-BASKETBALL.
3. • It was created on 21st Dec.1891 by James Naismith, the teacher
of anatomy in the Youth Christian Association of Springfield,
Massachusetts, USA.
4. • First of all, basketball was as two baskets out of peaches, which
it was necessary to throw the ball to score a goal, but it wasn’t
very convenient because the throwed ball player had to climb
up the stairs to get the ball back.
• Then students made holes at the bottoms of the baskets to get
ball quicker.
5. • Now basketball is a team sport with two rings with baskets and
a ball, which you need to throw in these baskets to score a goal.
6. • But there are lots of basic rules in basketball that must be
followed. You must dribble, and do not to kick, roll or just carry
it in hands. If you have broken a rule, the ball is given to the
opposite team by the referee.
7. • In our country, basketball is very popular, and all major cities
have got their own basketball teams. For example, Novosibirsk
has “BC Novosibirsk”.
