Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  I te tīmatanga o Tihema 1891, i ngana a Kanata James Naismith, he kaiwhakaako mātauranga tinana, he kaiwhakaako hoki i te International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (YMCA) (i tenei ra, Springfield College) i Springfield, Massachusetts, ki te pupuri i tana akomanga hākinakina i te ra ua. I rapu ia i tetahi taakaro kaha i roto i te whare kia noho tonu ana akonga me te taumata tika o te tinana i roto i nga hotoke roa o New England. I muri i te whakakahoretanga o ētahi atu whakaaro he pakeke rawa, he kino rānei ki ngā whare hākinakina, ka tuhia e ia ngā ture taketake, ā, ka whakairi i tētahi kete peihana ki runga i tētahi ara e 10 waewae (3.0 mita) te teitei. He rereke ki nga kupenga poitūkohu hou, i mau tonu te raro o tenei kete peach, ana me whakahoki mai nga poi i muri i ia "peke" ka tohu ranei; heoi, kaore i pai tenei, na reira ka tangohia te raro o te kete, ka taea ai nga poi ki te werohia me te roa roa i nga wa katoa.  Pātai: He aha te mea i ngana ai te kaiwhakaako mātauranga tinana ki te mahi ki tana akomanga?
kia kaha tana akomanga hākinakina i te rā ua