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H- guards, third quarter- 1 minute and 15.3 seconds.

The greatest amount of movement was that of Group B and the
least by teams who played throughout the entire State Class "A" Tour-
nament, & and # groups,

DISCUSSION OF DATA

Since the greatest number of positions (80) timed in any
gropp was in the State Class "A" Tournament, much of this discussion
will compare findings of the State Class "A" Tournament with the com-
bined findings of positions played in league, non-league games, county

, district and regional tournaments.

The composite data show that the average time consumed to
play a game of Yasketball was 64.4 minutes during which an average
of 8.52 minutes was consumed by activity, distributed among four
quarters, It might be interesting to state that as the game pro-
gressed, the activity increased from quarter to quarter; while the
total elapsed time per quarter enlarged. The increase of elapsed
time per quarter due to various interruptions, increased at a greater
rate than the activity, which showed a gradual decrease in percentage
of movement per quarter, This would give the players more time: to
recuperate evén though there is on the average an increase in activity,
These data bring out the fact that the average activity et
each position for players on teams playing in the State Class "A"
Tournament in 1940 was less than the activity at each position in
other games timed for this study. (Tables 4, II, IfI and Iv,} Perhaps,
due to the better playing technique of teams in the State Class "A"
Tournament less substitutions were made, therefore the starting
players remained longer in the game. It is assumed that these play-

6érs with better methods know how to conserve their energies by ex-