Orange magic - when was the basketball invented?

.

For decades, the most popular sports have been fighting for the top spot in the hearts of fans. While football and track and field claim to be the king and queen of sports, millions will tell you that for them basketball has no equal. In the modern version of the game, its logo is the orange ball that everyone wants to put in the basket and celebrate in front of thousands of spectators such as the stars of the Olympic Games, the National Basketball Association, the Euroleague and other top competitions.

But the basketball has not always looked the way we know it. In 1891, college physical education teacher James Smith conceived the idea of the genius sport in his head, but the ball was not his first priority. It just had to be big. Because of his limited options, James had to take advantage of already invented sports creations. Because of this, he hesitated whether to take a ball for the well-known European versions of the sports rugby or football. You can easily guess that the soccer one turns out to be the winner, since the other one was impossible for the normal dribbling (b.a. - or in an easier way to say tapping).

Anyway, in the beginning, basketball players did not dunk so much, but rather rolled the ball. Very often the passes came without much movement from the players, and another curious restriction is to shoot at the basket once per attack.

A few years after the sport's inception, the soccer ball was the only option. At the end of the 19th century, a bicycle factory revolutionized the sport and created bulkier but also lighter means of the game. However, like soccer balls, these balls had ties, which made it difficult to dribble and do tricks. Their color was dark brown.

It wasn't until 1935 that legendary sneaker maker Chuck Taylor changed that. After an 11-year professional basketball career, he revolutionized the game and removed the ties. His work consists of 8 sewn pieces and for 30 years this has remained unchanged. As well as the dark brown color, which visually disturbed many of the players.

In the middle of the century, television entered sports seriously and made a key change in history. According to them, the dark brown ball was not well seen by the spectators both on television and in the hall. Some of the ideas for change were light brown or even yellow. But basketball coach Tony Hinkle is adamant that orange is the color of basketball. In 1958, it debuted as a color in the finals of the American college championship.

Gradually, the color is established all over the world. In different ranges, with different designs and with some critics. But the orange ball sticks in our minds as a symbol of the great game of basketball.

.