Basketball in professional and other literature in the kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians

Authors

Pavlović Petar, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, University of Banja Luka
Simović Slobodan

Abstract

The publication of the first articles about basketball in books, technical literature and other papers coincides with practicing basketball in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians. One of the first written information yet revealed which deals with the new American game is probably the article by the unnamed authors titled Iz ameriškega sporta (From American Sport). In Gymnastic Games, a book by A. Brazdil, among other features, there is an article titled Shot through the gate, or hoop (An American game), which describes the court, how to play the game, and the rules. The 1923 edition of the same book ran the same text but with the section of Rules of the game amended with minor changes. In Herald of the Red Cross Youth, two photographs were published: one captioned Belgrade falconets in their playground, which shows young falconets playing basketball, and another of a playground in which boys play basketball. The first printed rules of the game were issued in Belgrade in 1924. In his book, Games for Societies and Schools, Franjo Bučar included an 18-sentence text about the game under the heading Basketball.

Keywords

Magazines, books, papers, basketball game, Sokol Societies

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