
Any ball which does not make it into the basket costs you one of your three lives.The balls can bounce off either side of the screen and back into the basket.
In general the basketballs are quite forgiving provided your line is flat or slopes down toward the basket.There is a sound control button in the upper right corner of the screen.Tap the screen with your finger and drag it to draw lines.Keep the left click button pressed and drag to the destination to help guide the ball into the hoop. Use your mouse cursor to position on the screen and click your left click button to begin drawing a line segment.Your web browser automatically saves your current score and your all time high score.
Click the green and red play button in the center of the screen to start the game. The inventor declined suggestions to call his new sport "Naismith ball," and by 1893, its popularity began to spread internationally through the YMCA movement.Draw doodle lines to help guide the basketballs into the baskets. Using a soccer ball, the nine players on each side would pass (not dribble) the ball down court before taking a shot not at a hoop but at a peach basket 10 feet off the floor. He posted 13 rules of his new game on a bulletin board, and his unenthusiastic class took to the court to give it a shot (or two) on Dec. While at the Springfield YMCA, Naismith was tasked with creating an indoor game that would provide the "athletic distraction" for rowdy students during the harsh New England winters. After earning a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1888, Naismith took a job teaching physical education at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. Born in Ontario, Canada, in 1861, Naismith was a talented athlete at McGill University in Montreal, playing Canadian football, lacrosse, rugby, soccer and gymnastics.