The document discusses the history and key aspects of basketball. It was invented in 1891 by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts as an indoor winter sport. The first goals were peach baskets nailed to the wall. Basketball is played between two teams of five players on a court, with the objective of throwing the ball through the opponent's hoop. Offensive skills include shooting, rebounding, passing and dribbling while defensive skills are blocking, stealing and rebounding. The author enjoys basketball because it improves height and encourages teamwork.

1. My Favourite Sport is Basketball

2. Information of basketball
• Basketball was invented by James Naismith in Springfield.
• The year was 1891, and as the story goes, Naismith was
asked to come up with an indoor game that offered fewer
injuries than classic American gridiron football. He came up
with a 9-on-9 game that involved shooting a ball into a
peach basket.
• For that first game of basketball in 1891, Naismith used as
goals two half-bushel peach baskets, which gave the
sport its name.

3. Basketball
• Basketball is a game played between two teams of
five players each on a rectangular court, usually
indoors. Each team tries to score by tossing the ball
through the opponent's goal, an elevated
horizontal hoop and net called a basket.

4. Important Skills of the Game
Basketball skills can be broken down into two primary
categories:
• Offensive skills: shooting, rebounding, passing,
and dribbling.
• Defensive skills: blocking, stealing, and
again, rebounding.

5. Why do I like?
• I like basketball because it helps
increase our height and helps us be
a good team player.
• I like playing it with my friends in
school.

6. Fun facts about Basketball
• The first “hoops” were actually just peach baskets and
the first backboards were made of wire.
• The game became an official Olympic event at the
Summer Games in Berlin, Germany in 1936.
• Two leagues called the National Basketball League
(NBL) and the Basketball Association of America (BAA)
merged after the 1948-49 season to become today's
National Basketball Association (NBA).
• The Boston Celtics have won the most NBA
championships (17), including seven straight from 1960
to 1966.
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who played 20 seasons in the
NBA, holds the record for most points scored in a
career with 38,387.

7. A famous player
• Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball
player. As a shooting guard, Bryant entered the National
Basketball Association (NBA) directly from high school, and
played his entire 20-season professional career in the league
with the Los Angeles Lakers.
• US basketball legend Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash
on 26th January 2020 in California, sparking an outpouring of
grief from fans around the world. Bryant, 41, and his daughter
Gianna, 13, were among the nine killed when the aircraft
came down in Calabasas.