The sport basketball has been around since 1891 by James Naismith. James was a teacher for physical education at Young Men's Christian Association in Springfield Massachusetts. He combined games he played like duck on a rock which is when you throw little rock at a boulder and tried to knock the big rock off. Also he combined rugby where you throw a ball into a box. Then he came up with the idea to nail up boxes and have to throw balls into the boxes that would be hanging up. He took Peach boxes and hung them up and had the students throw a ball into the box. He then was able to make the rules for the new sport he had just invented. The sport basketball now is a very popular sport to play or even to watch other team play.