Basketball Jerseys
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Basketball has changed in many ways from the 1930s to the 1970s. For instance, the details of the players jerseys, the rules and ways to score, and the coaching styles became a big factor as plays were designed and implemented. Coaches like Dean Smith that came heavily into the coaching spot light in the mid 1970s had a huge impact on the game. Basketball made some big changes in both of these decades, changes that would change the game significantly forever. (The Legends Club, 2016)
Jerseys in the 1930s were very plain usually one color with very little or mostly no design with just one word on it and a number. The 1930s was a big year for the making of jerseys because the poly-nylon blend was invented. It made them much lighter and less hot to play in. The new blend started a new age for basketball jerseys. (“Basketball Uniform History”, 2016) In the 1970s jerseys became much more colorful and started to have designs on them and also began to be tighter, fit, and shorter. The 70s was also a big …show more content…
The line was twenty-two feet from the basket at the corners and twenty-three feet and nine inches when directly in front of the basket. The line’s measurements are the exact same to this day. (“History Of The Three-Point Line In The NBA”, 2016)
Many rules have changed from the 1930s to the 1970s other than the three point line. In the early 1930s after every basket was scored they had to jump for the ball at center court, it was not until the late 1930s that the opposing team would throw it in from out of bounds after the other team scores. A lot of people do not know it, but there used to be more than just the NBA there was another league called ABA and the two had several different rules, and the ABA was competing well with the popularity of the NBA, but in 1976 the ABA decided to merge with the NBA. (“Basketball”,
Basketball has changed in many ways from the 1930s to the 1970s. For instance, the details of the players jerseys, the rules and ways to score, and the coaching styles became a big factor as plays were designed and implemented. Coaches like Dean Smith that came heavily into the coaching spot light in the mid 1970s had a huge impact on the game. Basketball made some big changes in both of these decades, changes that would change the game significantly forever. (The Legends Club, 2016)
Jerseys in the 1930s were very plain usually one color with very little or mostly no design with just one word on it and a number. The 1930s was a big year for the making of jerseys because the poly-nylon blend was invented. It made them much lighter and less hot to play in. The new blend started a new age for basketball jerseys. (“Basketball Uniform History”, 2016) In the 1970s jerseys became much more colorful and started to have designs on them and also began to be tighter, fit, and shorter. The 70s was also a big …show more content…
The line was twenty-two feet from the basket at the corners and twenty-three feet and nine inches when directly in front of the basket. The line’s measurements are the exact same to this day. (“History Of The Three-Point Line In The NBA”, 2016)
Many rules have changed from the 1930s to the 1970s other than the three point line. In the early 1930s after every basket was scored they had to jump for the ball at center court, it was not until the late 1930s that the opposing team would throw it in from out of bounds after the other team scores. A lot of people do not know it, but there used to be more than just the NBA there was another league called ABA and the two had several different rules, and the ABA was competing well with the popularity of the NBA, but in 1976 the ABA decided to merge with the NBA. (“Basketball”,