GUARDS 16

The average activity of guards by quarters and for the
entire game, is shown in Table IV, The average for an entire game
for 55 guard positions throughout the whole season was 7 minutes
and 55.1 seconds, Here we find a group of six cases whose average
movement for a complete game was only 5 minutes and 22,8 seconds,
which would mean their activity amounted +o only 1 minute and 20.6
seconds for each quarter played. At no time during the State Class
"A" Tournament did any guard of Teams I, II, III or IV move as much
as 2 minutes per quarter. Their range of action per quarter ran
from 1 minute and 15.3 seconds (Bn6, third quarter, Table IV) to
i minute and 50.1 seconds (D-6, first quarter, Table IV), Whereas,
the average of all cases was from 1 minute and 46.8 seconds to 2
minutes and 5.6 seconds per quarter. In the State Class "a" Tourna-
ment teams generally used net plays, therefore, their guards usually
passed the ball around for an opéning instead of running or abibbl-
ing. ,
TABLE IV = AVERAGE ACTIVITY OF GUARDS BY QUARTERS AND FOR

THE ENTIRE GAME IN MINUTES AND SECONDS

 

 

 

NO. OF FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH TOTAL FOR

CASES QUARTER QUARTER QUARTER QUARTER ENTIRE GAME
® he 56 (1:46,8 1:47,7 1:55 .0 2105.6 7:35.41

B= 23 1:58,3 2:02,.8 2:14.2 2:24.4 8:39.

C= 32 12:38,5 1:34,3 1:41.3 4352,3 6:46,4

De 6 1:80, 1:37,1 1.43.0 1245.1 6:55,3

H- 6 1:57.00 1:23.5 1:15.3 1:17,0 5322.8

Fa 6 1:19,8 4221.1 1:47,1 4:67.5 6325.5

Ge 6 1:90,5 1:27,1 1:37.46 1:49.41 6:23,1