A strange little side quest
The fun part of looking behind Sling Basket is seeing how many older ideas are still alive in modern play. Men's basketball became an Olympic medal sport in 1936, while women's basketball joined the Olympic programme in 1976. The broader history adds one more wrinkle. Women competed in Olympic archery as early as 1904, making it one of the early Olympic sports to include women. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Sling Basket feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
