The Evolution of Basketball Hoops: From Peach Baskets to Modern Engineering.
When Dr James Naismith invented the game of basketball in December 1891 at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, he wasn’t thinking about heavy structural engineering, vibration damping, or tempered glass physics. He simply wanted a safe, indoor winter sport to keep his students physically active. To execute his idea, he nailed two ordinary peach baskets to the…