Outlining Practice #3
Topic: The History of Basketball
(The list below contains possible sections and subsections of a typical
paper on the history of basketball. Try to put each item from the list
into the blank outline below.)
the modern game, NBA vs. ABA, James
Naismith--the creator of the game, invention and creation of the game,
the first leagues, the game today (and tomorrow), the
first organized games,
a progressing game, first
rule refinements, the first professional leagues, early coaching greats,
today's greats,
college rules, 24 second clock,
basketball
more popular than baseball?, the future of the game,
pro rules, the first college teams, 3-point line, rules and rule changes,
early player greats, the first games
I.
A.
B.
II.
A.
B. A Progressing Game
1. College
Rules
2.
a. 24 second clock
b.
III. The First Leagues
A. The First Organized Games
B.
C.
1. Early player
greats
2.
IV.
A. NBA vs. ABA
B. Basketball more popular than baseball?
C.
1.
2. The future
of the game