Women in basketball
Download
Report
Transcript Women in basketball
HONR101: History and Culture of
Basketball
November 2, 2011
December
29, 1891: Dr. James Naismith
organizes the first basketball game
1892: The first women's basketball team was
organized by Senda Berenson at Smith
College, adapting Naismith's rules to
emphasize cooperation, with three zones and
six players on each team
March 21, 1893: The first women's college
basketball game played at Smith College; no
men were admitted to the game
1893:
Women's basketball began at Iowa State
College, Carleton College, Mount Holyoke College,
and Sophie Newcomb College (Tulane) in New
Orleans
Each year, more schools added women's basketball
to their sports offerings for girls
1894: Senda Berenson published an article on
women's basketball and its benefits in the Physical
Education journal
In 1896, bloomers introduced as a playing costume
at Sophie Newbomb College, New Orleans
Next slide is from 1903 edition of Basket Ball for Women, Sendra
Berenson is holding the ball
Stanford
and the University of California at
Berkeley played the first women's
intercollegiate game; Stanford won, 2-1, and
men were excluded, with women guarding
the windows and doors to exclude men
The first known women's basketball game
between two high schools was played in the
Chicago area, with Chicago Austin High
School against Oak Park High School
In
1895, Baer published rules for women's
"Basquette"
In 1901, Spalding issued women's basketball
rules, edited by Senda Berenson, establishing
3 zones with 5-10 players per team; some
teams used men's rules, some used Baer's
rules, and some used Spalding's/Berenson's
rules
In 1938, three zones reduced to two in
women's competition
In
the early days,
there were 9 players
on a team
The court was divided
into 3 zones, with 3
players from each
team per zone
The game was
designed to be
“ladylike” and “rough
play” was banned
In
1908, AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) took the
position that women or girls should not play
basketball in public
In 1914, the American Olympic Committee
declared its opposition to the participation of
women in the Olympics competition
In 1923, Women's Division of the National Amateur
Athletic Federation (WDNAAF) held its first
conference; over the next few years, it will take
on women's extramural basketball and other
sports as too competitive, working to get high
schools, industrial leagues, and even churches to
ban tournaments
In
1904, a Native American team played
women's basketball at the St. Louis World's
Fair, as an exhibition
In the 1920s, industrial leagues -- teams
sponsored by companies for their workers -were established in many parts of the
country
In 1921, Jeux Olympiques Féminines held in
Monaco, an all-women's sports competition
for sports excluded from the Olympics;
sports included basketball, track and field;
Britain's team won the basketball event
In
1924, Olympics included women's
basketball -- as an exhibition event
International Women's Sports Federation
founded, hosted a women's event paralleling
the Olympics, including basketball
In 1926, AAU held first national tournament
for women's basketball, with six teams
participating
In 1927, AAU National Women's Basketball
Tournament cancelled under pressure from
the WDNAAF
In
1929, AAU selected the first AAU All-America
team
AAU re-started national championship
tournament; Sunoco Oilers won, defeating the
Golden Cyclones; a beauty contest was part of
the event
1930 AAU national championship included 28
teams; Sunoco Oilers won, defeating the Golden
Cyclones
In the 1930s, WDNAAF continued to pressure
states to ban women's basketball tournaments,
with success in many states
In
1953, international competition in
women's basketball was reorganized
In 1955, first Pan-American Games included
women's basketball; USA won the gold medal
In 1969, Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
(ICAW) held an invitational basketball
tournament, the first national tournament
not including AAU teams; West Chester State
won the championship
Women's basketball was included in the
Paralympics
In
1970, five player full court game adopted for
women's basketball
In 1972, Title IX enacted, requiring federallyfunded schools to fund women's sports
equitably, including teams, scholarships,
recruitment, and media coverage
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for
Women (AIAW) held first national
intercollegiate championship in basketball;
Immaculata defeated West Chester
AAU established national basketball
tournaments for girls younger than college age
In
1973, college scholarships offered to
female athletes for the first time
Amateur Basketball Association of the United
States (ABAUSA) established, replacing AAU
In 1974, the US Olympic Committee
recognized the ABAUSA
Billie Jean King founded the Women's Sports
Foundation, to promote sports and physical
activity among girls
In 1976, women's basketball became an
Olympic sport; the Soviet team won the gold,
USA won the silver
In
1978, the Wade Trophy established to honor a
top collegiate player; first awarded to Carol
Blazejowski
Bill Byrne founded the 8-team Women's Basketball
League (WBL)
In 1979, WBL expanded to 14 teams
In 1980, Ladies Professional Basketball Association
founded with six teams; played for less than a
month before failing
The first USA Basketball Female Athlete of the
Year Award went to Carol Blazejowski
Olympics held but many nations boycotted, led by
the USA
The
WBL played its last season
The Women's Basketball Coaches Association
(WBCA) begins
The NCAA announced women's basketball
tournaments; AIAW filed an antitrust suit in
opposition
The final AIAW tournament held; AIAW
dropped the lawsuit against the NCAA and
disbanded
The first NCAA women's basketball Final Four
championship held
The
Olympics women's
basketball event won by USA
team, with the USSR and some
other nations boycotting
Women's American Basketball
Association (WABA) formed,
with six teams; it was, like
most of the women's
professional basketball
leagues, short-lived
Lynette Woodard began
playing with the Harlem
Globetrotters, the first woman
to play with that team
In
1985, Senda Berenson Abbott, L. Margaret
Wade, and Bertha F. Teague were inducted
into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of
Fame, the first women to be so honored
In 1986, National Women's Basketball
Association (NWBA) founded; folded the
same season
In 1987, Naismith Hall of Fame initiated
Female High School Player of the Year award
In 1988, Olympics women's basketball event
won by USA team in Seoul, South Korea
In
1991, WBL disbanded
Liberty Basketball Association (LBA) founded,
and lasted one game, broadcast on ESPN
1992 Howard University women's basketball
coach became the first woman to win monetary
damages under Title IX, for discrimination
In 1993, Women's Basketball Association (WBA)
founded
In 1995, Women's Basketball Association (WBA)
failed
American Basketball League (ABL) founded with
ten teams
In
1996, the NBA established the WNBA with
eight teams; Sheryl Swoopes was the first
player signed by the WNBA
In 1997, first WNBA game played
WNBA added two more teams
In 1998, the ABL failed
WNBA expanded by two teams
In 1999 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
opened with 25 inductees
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyy-UXHStiY
The
2011 WNBA consisted of 12 teams playing
34 games throughout the summer
The Minnesota Lynx were the 2011 champions
The WNBA offseason is at the same time as
the NBA season, and vice versa
1984
– first college dunk:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/columns/sto
ry?columnist=garber_greg&id=4340458
2002 - first WNBA dunk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjMFRfX4MY&feature=related
High school girl dunking:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuDfRzY2
Vqw&feature=grec_index
Top WNBA 2008 plays:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YrbWTL
9hQw&feature=rel
LSSU women:
A
few sources:
http://www.womensbasketballmuseum.com/
http://www.wnba.com/about_us/jenkins_feature.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_basketball
http://www.hockeyarenas.com/womenbasketballinthe
us.htm
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/basketball/a/time
line.htm
http://womensbasketballonline.com/history/wbbtimeli
ne.html
http://www.wbhof.com/timeline.html