Pakutanga kwaDecember 1891, Canadian James Naismith, purofesa wezvidzidzo zvemuviri uye mudzidzisi paInternational Young Men's Christian Association Training School (YMCA) (nhasi, Springfield College) muSpringfield, Massachusetts, aiedza kuchengetedza kirasi yake yekurovedza muviri ichishanda pazuva rinonaya. Akatsvaga mutambo wakasimba wemukati kuti arambe vadzidzi vake vakabatikana uye vari pamatanho akakodzera ehutano mukati menguva refu yeNew England nguva yechando. Mushure mekuramba dzimwe pfungwa sekunge dzakanyanya kusagadzikana kana kuti dzisina kukodzera kumadziro emadziro, akanyora mitemo yekutanga ndokusungirira bhasikiti remapeach pane 10-foot (3.0 m) yakakwira track. Kusiyana nemambure emazuva ano ebhasikiti, bhasikiti iri remapeach rakachengetedza pasi, uye mabhora aifanira kutorwa nemaoko mushure me "bhasikiti" kana poindi yega yega yakawanikwa; zvisinei, mune izvi zvakaratidza kushanda zvakanaka, saka kubvumira bhasikiti repazasi rebhasikiti kuti ribviswe, zvichiita kuti purofesa wezve dzidzo yemuviri abviswe
kuita kuti kirasi yake yokurovedza muviri irambe ichishanda kana kuchinaya