Sport  Profile: Basketball.

Basketball is an sport which two teams compete against. Each team is composed by 5 players and their function is to try to score usually a brown ball into a basket. You can only play with your hands.

Basketball was invented by a physical education teacher in 1981, in Massachusetts, USA. This physical education teacher was told by his school to invent a new sport  to play in winter because it was very cold. Obviously it has to be played under a ceiling. He thought to invent an sport in which there was not so much contact and he wanted that basketball players needed more skill than strength. Since this time basketball has been developing successfully and now is one of most popular sports.

The most important basketball competitions are: NBA, National Basketball Association, that is a league where the best North American`s teams compete. Another important competition is euroleague, which is a competitions where best basketball`s teams of Europe compete to win the trophy and is the most important competition in Europe. The most important basketball competitions are the world cup, where best national teams compete and the Olympic games, which is every 4 years.