Basketball was founded in 1891 by James Naismith, a physical education teacher at the Springfield Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) School of Education in Massachusetts, USA. Developed to provide winter training for athletes and baseball players, the goal of the game was to put the ball in wooden baskets. In the first games, 7 people played between two teams over three 20-minute rounds. Since the main goal of the game is to create baskets, Dr. The game was named "basketball" by Naismith, meaning "basketball".

Shortly after its inception, basketball surpassed the YMCAi and spread to all schools, universities, and even gymnasiums. Awakening of the desire of young people against this sport forced clubs to open basketball departments and form a team, and thus basketball has become America's most popular national game.