But now, faced with the end of the fall sports season and students dreading the mandatory and dull required gymnasium work, Naismith had a new motivation. In class discussions, Gulick had stressed the need for a new indoor game, one “that would be interesting, easy to learn, and easy to play in the winter and by artificial light.” No one in the class had followed up on Gulick’s challenge to invent such a game. After graduating from Presbyterian College in Montreal with a theology degree, Naismith embraced his love of athletics and headed to Springfield to study physical education-at that time, a relatively new and unknown academic discipline-under Luther Halsey Gulick, superintendent of physical education at the College and today renowned as the father of physical education and recreation in the United States.Īs Naismith, a second-year graduate student who had been named to the teaching faculty, looked at his class, his mind flashed to the summer session of 1891, when Gulick introduced a new course in the psychology of play. The instructor of this class was James Naismith, a 31-year-old graduate student. James Naismith, The Person Who Invented Basketball The gymnasium class offered them activities such as marching, calisthenics, and apparatus work, but these were pale substitutes for the more exciting games of football and lacrosse they played in warmer seasons. The young men had to be there they were required to participate in indoor activities to burn off the energy that had been building up since their football season ended. Inside a gymnasium at Springfield College (then known as the International YMCA Training School), located in Springfield, Mass., was a group of restless college students. Naismth's and our other world leaders' impact on the world, is a great way to learn more and to experience why we are so proud of Dr. Perhaps you will also see how you may benefit from a Springfield College education, as well.Ī visit our Springfield College museum which, through exhibits, displays, and artifacts, highlight's Dr. In addition to these pages, I hope you also explore our Springfield College website to learn about other inspiring leaders from Springfield College's past, present, and future.
Springfield College continues today to inspire leaders to change the world. He would later recall that it was his commitment to the Springfield College philosophy of serving others that inspired him to create this great game - a game that soon spread beyond our campus, throughout New England, and around the world, impacting the lives of hundreds of millions across all ages. What isn't often told is that he created the game in our Springfield College Humanics philosophy - educating students in spirit, mind, and body for leadership in service to others. The story of how Naismith invented the game through a charge by Luther Gulick (then the College's physical education superintendent) to come up with a new indoor activity that could be played by college students during the long New England winters is well known. James Naismith's connection to Springfield College as a graduate student and instructor who invented the game here in Springfield, Massachusetts as part of his work with the College. We welcome you to our "Where Basketball is Invented" webpages, celebrating Dr.
0 kommentar(er)
