In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.

In these early days , most basketball games were played against nearby YMCA teams .
In those early days , the majority of the basketball games were played against nearby YMCA teams , with YMCAs across the nation having played an integral part in the birth of basketball .

Modular programming is a way of organizing a computer program into smaller parts called modules .
Modular programming is a software design technique that emphasizes separating the functionality of a program into independent , interchangeable modules , such that each contains everything necessary to execute only one aspect of the desired functionality .

Hertha was a founder of the Bundesliga in 1963 and was Berlin 's reigning champion .

At the time of the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963 , Hertha was Berlin 's reigning champion and so became an inaugural member of the new professional national league .