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Basketball-derived sports?

Netball is a sport that I hate with a passion.

Imagine playing basketball and only one player is allowed to shoot, imagine when you get the ball you cant move, imagine if the opposition player is holding the ball in front of your face and you can't grab it from them.

Thats how stupid this game is!
 
Lietuvis said:
Netball is a sport that I hate with a passion.

Imagine playing basketball and only one player is allowed to shoot, imagine when you get the ball you cant move, imagine if the opposition player is holding the ball in front of your face and you can't grab it from them.

Thats how stupid this game is!
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One of my mates, who's a former Bballer started playing mix netball. He hated at first but later loved it because of the hot chicks on the court and their mini skirts.
 
Slam ball is beautiful to play not to watch..

basketball is unique

in basketball you jump, run, shot.. it is the base of every sport
 
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When I played, we used to train by playing matches without any dribbling: only passing, shooting and moving without the ball. You could do exactly that on tha beach.
 
alermac said:
You won't believe it, but horseball is officially the "national sport" of Argentina. I always linked it to polo, never though it could be related to basketball:p
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are you sure??.. 'cause I think that's actually called pato

look: ""

anyway this is actually a really cool game that I would pay to watch, unlike other sports, which are either really bizarre or super gay

imagine playing that with a couple of buddies but on motocross instead, and in bullfighting arenas.:D
 
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I can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually agree with Lewis on this one: Whatever the name, pato or horseball, this is one sport that I wouldn't mind paying to see. I think I watched the mixtape video 5 times...Some of the passes (and catches) are sick!

But it doesn't seem like a big sport at all in America where equestrian sports and horse racing are big. Particularly the latter, but I have almost no interest in horse racing...
 
Lewis said:
are you sure??.. 'cause I think that's actually called pato

anyway this is actually a really cool game that I would pay to watch, unlike other sports, which are either really bizarre or super gay

imagine playing that with a couple of buddies but on motocross instead, and in bullfighting arenas.:D
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On a recent trip to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Museum in MA, I read a journal entry by Naismith on his journal that stated that he got the idea of the sport eventually known as Basketball from a children's game called "Ducks on a Basket"
 
CKR13 said:
On a recent trip to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Museum in MA, I read a journal entry by Naismith on his journal that stated that he got the idea of the sport eventually known as Basketball from a children's game called "Ducks on a Basket"
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Springfield College: Invention of "Basket Ball"

At Springfield YMCA, Naismith struggled with a rowdy class which was confined to indoor games throughout the harsh New England winter and thus was perpetually short-tempered. Under orders from Dr. Luther Gulick, head of Springfield YMCA Physical Education, Naismith was given 14 days to create an indoor game that would provide an "athletic distraction": Gulick demanded that it would not take up much room, could help its track athletes to keep in shape[5] and explicitly emphasized to "make it fair for all players and not too rough."[4]
In his attempt to think up a new game, Naismith was guided by three main thoughts.[3] Firstly, he analyzed the most popular games of those times (rugby, lacrosse, soccer, football, hockey and baseball); Naismith noticed the hazards of a small fast ball and concluded that the big soft soccer ball was safest. Secondly, he saw that most physical contact occurred while running with the ball, dribbling or hitting it, so he decided that passing was the only legal option. Finally, Naismith further reduced body contact by making the goal unguardable, namely placing it high above the player's heads. To score goals, he forced the players to throw a soft lobbing shot that had proven effective in his old favorite game duck on a rock. Naismith christened this new game "Basket Ball"[3] and put his thoughts together in 13 basic rules.[6]

Picture of the original 1891 "Basket Ball" court in Springfield College. Note the peach basket attached to the wall.





The first game of "Basket Ball" was played in December 1891. In a handwritten report, Naismith described the circumstances of the inaugural match; in contrast to modern basketball, the players played nine versus nine, handled a soccer ball, not a basketball, and instead of shooting at two hoops, the goals were a pair of peach baskets: "When Mr. Stubbins brot [sic] up the peach baskets to the gym I secured them on the inside of the railing of the gallery. This was about 10 feet from the floor, one at each end of the gymnasium. I then put the 13 rules on the bulletin board just behind the instructor's platform, secured a soccer ball and awaited the arrival of the class... The class did not show much enthusiasm but followed my lead... I then explained what they had to do to make goals, tossed the ball up between the two center men & tried to keep them somewhat near the rules. Most of the fouls were called for running with the ball, though tackling the man with the ball was not uncommon."[7] In contrast to modern basketball, the original rules did not include what is known today as the dribble. Since the ball could only be moved up the court via a pass early players tossed the ball over their heads as they ran up court. Also, following each "goal" a jump ball was taken in the middle of the court. Both practices are obsolete in the rules of modern basketball.[8]
By 1892, basketball had grown so popular on campus that Dennis Horkenbach (editor-in-chief of The Triangle, the Springfield college newspaper) featured it in an article called "A New Game",[2] and there were calls to call this new game "Naismith Ball", but Naismith refused.[3] By 1893, basketball was introduced internationally by the YMCA movement.[2] From Springfield, Naismith went to Denver where he acquired a medical degree and in 1898 he joined the University of Kansas faculty at Lawrence, Kansas.[4]
 
Knockout stages of the netball world championship are available on espn3.com
 
The biggest sports derived from basketball has not been mentioned: "streetball".

How can you disregard this great sport and its lifestyle, fashion ramifications, countless magazines etc
 
sinobball said:
Hahaha so funny. For those of you who haven't touched a donkey before, it's almost impossible to get them do what you want.
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Actually donkey basketball is very common, to the extent animal rights activists launched a campaign to stop the practice as it would be detrimental to the animal.
 
sinobball said:
Rugball seems even more ridiculous, hahahaha... crazy Europeans
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Since basketball is a no contact sport, such that tackling the opponent in any way is considered a foul, it makes sense to create a game in which you can actually obstruct your opponent from scoring physically with all possible means. It makes for a fascinating form of basketball.

Here is a promotional video of rugball. It was fascinating to watch



Here is a snippet of rugball in Russia (sorry for the quality):

 
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In Thailand, famous for its great beautiful sports, there is also Thai basketball where the basket rim without a backboard is placed in the middle of the playing area hanging way up high over the heads of the players.

The "Thai basketball" player have to score by putting the ball in the basket by their feet! Points are given of how beautiful or difficult the basket achieved is. This is a very ancient sport, yet it is practiced as a modern basketall-like sport.

And you can imagine what skills it needs to score with your feet and how graceful should be your moves. I think it would be a wonderful and fascinating game to watch.

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The Thais use the same principal in the far more common and widespread "Thai volleyball" or "Thai soccer", yet another fascinating sport in East Asia, where they slam the ball to the opponent are with their feet as well. The game is called Takraw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15asVgf66KI

The documentary although being about takraw, they also show the ORIGINS which are in Thai basketball. For that, see the first 15-20 seconds of the report where they show some Thai basketball!!!!

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Do we have any Thai basketball colleagues who can give us some more information or tapes about Thai basketball?

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Thailand deserves the respect of the world in introducing spectacular and highly esthetic sports. The most famous being Muay Thai, which I can watch for hours without getting bored. But then watching these Thai volleyball and Thai basketball makes it even more fascinating!!!
 
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