Question

Inventors usually try to solve a problem when they make an invention.

What problem did the inventor of basketball set out to solve?
A.His soccer team needed a new sport since their old soccer goals were broken.
B.His school had too many athletes that didn't want to play football.
C.He realized that students wanted a new sport that didn't require helmets.
D.His YMCA students needed an indoor activity during a snowstorm.

Answer 1

Answer: D.His YMCA students needed an indoor activity during a snowstorm

Step-by-step explanation:

In the winter of 1891, male students at the then International YMCA Training School, Springfield, Massachusetts were restless from not having any sports to play as most games they played such as Lacrosse and football (soccer) needed to be played in warmer weather.

The school realised that there was a need for an indoor sport that could be played regardless of the weather outside. This is where James Naismith came in.

He came up with a game that drew influence from Rugby, Lacrosse and Soccer and for the goals baskets were used because that was all the janitor had. The baskets however needed people underneath them to retrieve ball and it was only a few years later that it was cut at the bottom to enable the balls to fall through the basket. He then drew up 15 rules and this was the birth of basketball.