A. physical B. adapt C. regulation D. taught E. accuracy F. suit G. roused H. required I. popular J. held K. spread L. outdoors M. idea N. indoors O. verbal Unlike most sports, which evolved over time from street games, basketball was designed by one man to 1 a particular purpose. The man was Dr. James Naismith, and his purpose was to invent a vigorous game that could be played 2 in the winter. In 1891, Naismith was an instructor at a training school, which trained physical education instructors for the YMCAs. That year the school was trying to come up with a physical activity that the men could enjoy between the football and baseball seasons. None of the standard indoor activities 3their interest for long. Naismith was asked to solve the problem by the school. He first tried to 4 some of the popular outdoor sports, but they were all too rough. The men were getting bruised from tackling each other and being hit with equipment. So, Naismith decided to invent a game that would incorporate the most common elements of outdoor team sports without having the real 5 contact. Most popular sports used a ball. So he chose a soccer ball because it was soft and large enough that it 6no equipment, such as a bat or a racket to hit it. Next he decided on an elevated goal, so that scoring would depend on skill and 7 rather than on strength only. His goals were two peach baskets, fixed to ten-foot-high balconies at each end of the gym. The basic 8 of the game was to throw the ball into the basket. Naismith wrote rules for the game, many of which, though with some small changes, are still in effect Basketball was an immediate success. The students 9 it to their friends, and the new sport quickly caught on Today, basketball is one of the most 10games throughout the world.