127 years ago basketball was discovered, with a football ball and a garbage can

On December 21, 1890, A Canadian farmer named James Naismith moved to Massachusetts to attend the YMCA International Training School, which later became Springfield College, broadcast Periscope. 

As a faculty member a year later, the YMCA asked Naismith to invent a new game that would be interesting, easy to learn and easy to play in closed environments during the winter.

Still, Naismith suffered disappointment because his friends did not support his idea.

After his attempts to modify football failed in a miserable way, Naismith looked deeper into the philosophy of sports until he achieved certain things necessary for a new game: a ball, two goals and a way to encourage group work instead of violence.

He eventually decided to start with a football ball, since small balls were looking for equipment to deal with, and at that time it was impossible.

To reduce the severity that was then huge in soccer and hockey, he decided that ball movements were illegal and that the following were more frequent on the team.

For goals, Naismith asked school workers, and what he got was some garbage bins.

Basketball was born without even knowing it. The outcome of the first match on December 21st 1891 was 1-0.

Over the next century, basketball would become one of the world's most popular sports, thanks to most athletes in the YMCA, athletes like Wilt Chamberlain, Christian Laettner and Cliff Robinson, who all played basketball in college before becoming NBA stars.

More than a good way to stay in shape, basketball promotes youth development and social responsibility by stressing group work, communication and good sports.

Today, Metro Chicago JMCA college has basketball classes, clinics and leagues for all ages. /Periscopi