I te tīmatanga o Tihema 1891, Canadian James Naismith, he ahorangi mātauranga tinana, me te kaiwhakaako i te International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (YMCA) (i teie mahana, Springfield College) i Springfield, Massachusetts, i te ngana ki te pupuri i tona akomanga hākinakina kaha i runga i te ra ua. rapu ia he kēmu roto kaha ki te pupuri i ana ākonga nohoia, me te i te taumata tika o te tinana i roto i te roa New Ingarangi hotoke. i muri i te whakakahore i ētahi atu whakaaro rite rānei rawa pakeke ranei kino e tika ana ki te taiepa-i roto i gymnasiums, i tuhituhi e ia nga ture taketake, ka whaia he kete peach ki runga ki te 10 waewae (3.0 m) ara tiketike.
kia kaha tana akomanga hākinakina i te rā ua