Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mugore rimwe chetero, Naismith akapinda McGill University muMontreal. Kunyange zvazvo akarondedzerwa somunhu muduku, akamira uye akanyorwa paakanga ari mutambi ane tarenda uye ane unyanzvi, achimiririra McGill munhabvu, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, uye gymnastics. Aitamba pakati muchikwata chebhora, uye akazvigadzirira imwe padding kuti adzivirire nzeve dzake. Yakanga iri yokushandisa somunhu oga, kwete yokushandisa seboka. Akakunda menduru dzinoverengeka dzeWicksteed nokuda kwezviito zvinoshamisa zvejimnastics. Naismith akawana dhigirii reBachelor of Physical Education (1888) nedhipuroma paPresbyterian College muMontreal (1890). Kubva muna 1888 kusvika muna 1890, Naismith akadzidzisa dzidzo yemuviri uye akava mutungamiriri wekutanga weMcGill wemitambo, asi akabva abva kuMontreal kunodzidza paYMCA International Training School muSpringfield, Massachusetts. Naismith akatamba nhabvu mugore rake rimwe chete semudzidzi kuSpringfield, kwaakadzidziswa naAmos Alonzo Stagg uye akarova touchdown mukuratidzwa kwekutanga kwenhabvu yekoreji yekoreji paMadison Square Garden
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