User:Ssobrero001/sandbox

My Work Log

 * 10/3/19 The first thing I noticed about this article is the box that said "needs improvement and has missing information"
 * 10/4/19 I copied and pasted the first part of my article in to my sandbox and Im using the other articles to find useful information (1 hour)
 * 10/5/19 I rewatched your video and it made more since to me! And I made the edits you suggested. and I also went on the butte website that you gave me and it says the library has books in my topic, so I will need to go check those out. (1 hour)
 * 10/19/19 I looked on the sources that you gave us that would work like using butte liberty because I didn't under stand how to use it and I found some e books that will back up History of basketball. (1 Hour)
 * 10/20/19 I tried looking for your commits and couldn't find them.(30 minutes)
 * 10/26/19 I started to look more in to why Naismith made a less injury-prone sport and who he was. (30 minutes)
 * 10/27/19 going further down the article I added in bold what I thought should be added, I also couldn't find a lot of different information from that was already there on the first basketball game. I also tried to add a picture but I couldn't drag it and I couldn't copy and paste it. (1 Hour)
 * 11/3/19 I changed the citations and used the cite tool! very cool. I added the two parts of information to the original paragraph! I wrote that I made the changes because it gave more information on who James was and why he came up with the game basketball. (1 hour)

Heather's Comments
10/2- This is how the Sandbox should start looking. Be sure to watch the video in Introduction to Week 5 if you haven't yet. You found good sources...but you need to find some through butte.edu/library. What did you notice about "History of Basketball" page? What could you improve? Use "Evaluate Wikipedia" to help you figure out what needs to be improved in your article. Please go to our home page and release your second article, okay?

10/15- I'm so glad the video helped and you found some good sources at the library. (If they are ebooks, you could just ask Rachel via Inbox in Canvas to help you download them...it can be tricky.). Add the detail about Naismith in bold below (Here not on the actual Wikipedia page) and use "cite" above to add that website as citation, okay? Add details in "invention of the game." I'm intrigued that he was looking for a less injury-prone sport that football. Why? Was he a football player? Did he lose someone close to him to football injuries?

10/25- Hmm. I wonder what comments you couldn't find. Let me know. Add the actual language that you'll be using for the edits in the bolded parentheses below and I'll give you some feedback next week. You're on the right track!

11/1- Good! I added a few words to your bolded changes. . Please use "Cite tool on the toolbar to add a numbered citation after "winters" linked to springfield.edu. Same thing with the biography.com source under "early history."  Once you have those citations linked and the changes made, move your edits to the main space for History of Basketball.  Make sure both sandbox and main space are in edit mode and then "publish changes" with a note about exactly what you changed.  :)

Sarah's Article I'm Editing History of basketball
The history of basketball began with its invention in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts by Canadian physical education instructor James Naismith as a less injury-prone sport than football. Naismith was a 31-year old graduate student when he created the indoor sport to keep athletes indoors during the winters. The game became established fairly quickly and grew very popular as the 20th century progressed, first in America and then in other parts of the world. After basketball became established in American colleges, the professional game followed. The American National Basketball Association (NBA), established in 1946, grew to a multibillion-dollar enterprise by the end of the century, and basketball became an integral part of American culture. (I feel like the into gives the basic into on what the article should talk about)

Invention of the game[edit]
The game of basketball as it is known today was created by Dr. James Naismith in December 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, to condition young athletes during cold months. '''Naismith was a physical education instructor at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. Upon the request of his boss, Naismith was tasked to create an indoor sports game to help athletes keep in shape in cold weather.''' It consisted of peach baskets and a soccer style ball. He published 13 rules for the new game. He divided his class of eighteen into two teams of nine players each and set about to teach them the basics of his new game. The objective of the game was to throw the basketball into the fruit baskets nailed to the lower railing of the gym balcony. Every time a point was scored, the game was halted so the janitor could bring out a ladder and retrieve the ball. After a while, the bottoms of the fruit baskets were removed. The first public basketball game was played in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 11, 1892.

Naismith's original rules[edit]
An illustration of a basketball game that accompanied Nasmith's article from The Triangle in 1892 listing his 13 rules.

There were only thirteen rules of "basket ball":


 * 1) The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands.
 * 2) The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands.
 * 3) A player cannot run with the ball, the player must throw it from the spot on which he catches it, allowance to be made for a man who catches the ball when running at good speed.
 * 4) The ball must be held in or between the hands, the arms or body must not be used for holding it.
 * 5) No shouldering, holding, pushing, tripping or striking in any way the person of an opponent shall be allowed. The first infringement of this rule by any person shall count as a foul, the second shall disqualify him until the next goal is made, or if there was evident intent to injure the person, for the whole of the game, no substitute.
 * 6) A foul is striking the ball with the fist, violation of rules 3 and 4, and such as described in rule 5.
 * 7) If either side makes three consecutive fouls it shall count a goal for opponents.
 * 8) A goal shall be made when the ball is thrown or batted from grounds into the basket and stays there. If the ball rests on the edge and the opponent moves the basket it shall count as a goal.
 * 9) When the ball goes out of bounds it shall be thrown into the field and played by the person first touching it. In case of a dispute, the umpire shall throw it straight into the field. The "thrower-in" is allowed five seconds. If he holds it longer it shall go to the opponent. If any side persists in delaying the game, the umpire shall call a foul on them.
 * 10) The umpire shall be the judge of the men and shall note the fouls, and notify the referee when three consecutive fouls have been made.
 * 11) The referee shall be the judge of the ball and shall decide when the ball is in play, in-bounds, and to which side it belongs, and shall keep the time. He shall decide when a goal has been made and keep account of the goals with any other duties that are usually performed by a referee.
 * 12) The time shall be fifteen-minute halves, with five-minute rests between.
 * 13) The side making the most goals in that time shall be declared the winner. In the case of a draw, the game may, by agreement of the captains, be continued until another goal is made.

The first basketball game[edit]
The first basketball court: Springfield College On December 21, 1891, James Naismith published rules for a new game using five basic ideas and thirteen rules. That day, he asked his class to play a match in the Armory Street court: 9 versus 9, using a soccer ball and two peach baskets. Frank Mahan, one of his students, wasn’t so happy. He just said: "Harrumph. Another new game". However, Naismith was the inventor of the new game. Someone proposed to call it "Naismith Game", but he suggested "We have a ball and a basket: why don’t we call it basketball?" The eighteen players were John G. Thompson, Eugene S. Libby, Edwin P. Ruggles, William R. Chase, T. Duncan Patton, Frank Mahan, Finlay G. MacDonald, William H. Davis and Lyman Archibald, who defeated George Weller, Wilbert Carey, Ernest Hildner, Raymond Kaighn, Genzabaro Ishikawa, Benjamin S. French, Franklin Barnes, George Day and Henry Gelan 1–0. The goal was scored by Chase. There were other differences between Naismith’s first idea and the game played today. The peach baskets were closed, and balls had to be retrieved manually, until a small hole was put in the bottom of the peach basket to poke the ball out using a stick. Only in 1906 were metal hoops, nets and backboards introduced. Moreover, earlier the soccer ball was replaced by a Spalding ball, similar to the one used today.