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Fun fact for Dano: Netball is based on a misunderstanding of basketball, plus no running because it’s not ladylike.

Posted by mafic Sep 28 '20, 20:58

Lady who invented it was in correspondence with Naismith about adapting it, and most of the weird rules were her misinterpreting, him not being clear, or changes because she thought girls shouldn’t run or exert themselves too much.

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I don’t think you could move with the ball in the earliest versions of basketball either. -- nm - spamlet Sep 29, 04:55 1
- "Is this some kind of Canadian joke, sir?" -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 05:00
They wear skirts! (Or at least skorts.) nm - ralph wiggum Sep 28, 21:45 1
- I mentioned the misunderstanding thing to my old boss, and he got weirdly defensive (his wife used to be the physio for the NZ team). - mafic Sep 28, 23:37

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Fun fact for Dano: Netball is based on a misunderstanding of basketball, plus no running because it’s not ladylike.

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