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December 4, 1939

Des Fs Cs Allen,

Director of Physical Education,
University of Kansas,

Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear Doc:-

I shall appreciate it if you can send me your suggested outline of the
program for the basketball clinic to be held at the time of the tourna-
ment at Washburn as soon as possible, and if you have any other ideas
in addition to those we discussed et your office recently I shall be
glad to have you send them along,

This clinic program is in the process of development, as far as our asso-
ciation is concerned. Last year our high school coaches! association voted
to get behind a clinic program in various sports and we have been working
with them. Recently they have become associated with us through their ad-
visory committee and we have received many offers from colleges to stage
clinics. We have been considering the location of a number of these events
this fall and, since K. U. put on one last year, our first thought was to
co-operate with you in every way possible. You stated at our recent meeting
that you had not planned one for this year. I understand that these have to
be worked out on Saturdays in order for the high school coaches to attend
and your early season schedule, I believe, does not include any Saturday
games. I thought then that perhaps you would wish to co-operate with us in
a clinic program at the time of the basketball tournament here.

I don't think we should demand too much in time and energy from the teams
participating in the tournament, but perhaps some of the coaches can use

their reserve players in the demonstrations, I believe you suggested demon-
strations of the zone defense and how to penetrate that defense as suitable
and desirable features of the program. No doubt there will be teams here

with various types of offense and defense and it would be advisable to include
the fast break, man-to-man defense, and various types of individual maneuvers.
I'll be happy to receive your recommendations just as soon as convenient.

Since most of the high school coaches will no doubt be unable to attend more than
one day, I thought perhaps it would be best to confine the demonstrations by

the teams to Saturday morning and then hold a state-wide officials and rules

meeting and clinic in the afternoon. If the college and university men feel that

they would like to participate in both sessions we would certainly appreciate

their help. As far as I am concerned, I do not wish to impose upon anyone but
erhaps for the good of the game of basketball the coaches and players will not

E. R. STEVENS, ReTaAk

INDEPENDENCE feel that it is an imposition. It will give the college coaches an oppors
J. R. Jones. vicenarePent tunity to show their methods and systems to the high school coaches.
ei. an en aes Do yeuthink it would be advisable to invite more than four of:the college
ee teams to participate in the demonstrations? I don't believe we'll have

CLIFFORD D. DEAN

RUSSELL
D. E. WOLGAST

MARYSVILLE

J. E. BOWERS
SENECA

time for more and I'll appreciate it if you can outline something on
that basis. I'm sorry I'll miss your opening game tomorrow night but

I'll be on the road most of this week,
Cordially yours,