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Naismith's original "basket ball" court in Springfield, Massachusetts. Netball traces its roots to basketball. Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith, a Canadian physical education instructor working in the United States, who was trying to develop an indoor sport for his students at the YMCA Training School (now Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts. [2]
Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own.
Netball is a popular women's sport in parts of Africa. [5] [6] Several African nations are ranked amongst the top twenty-five in the world.As of August 2015, South Africa was ranked number five, Malawi was ranked number six, Uganda was ranked thirteen, Zambia was ranked seventeen, and Botswana was ranked nineteen in the world.
Netball emerged from early versions of basketball as a sport American females could play, as at the time women worn skirts when playing sports. [4] The sport is popular in Commonwealth countries (stemming from the days of the British Commonwealth) but has never taken hold as a mainstream sport in the United States, where it is mostly popular amongst Caribbean immigrants in the country.
Netball began to take off in the United States during the 1970s. [9] The game experienced most of its early growth in the New York area. [9] Local netball associations, including Bronx Netball, Florida Netball Association, American Netball Association of New York State, Texas Netball Association, and Massachusetts State Netball League, were created to help develop and organise the game on a ...
Baer is best known as the author of the first book of rules for women's basketball in 1896 [1] Baer also created netball around roughly the same period. Although Senda Berenson introduced basketball to Smith College in 1892, Berenson did not publish her version of the rules until 1899, so Baer is credited with the first publication of rules for women's basketball.
Pages in category "History of netball" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A netball game at an unidentified school, ca. 1910. The exact circumstances of netball's introduction into New Zealand are unclear. Reverend J. C. Jamieson, Travelling Secretary of the Presbyterian Bible Class Union, is often credited with organising the first games in 1906, but records indicate that some form of the game was being played at Wanganui High School in 1897. [3]