PS, eee Ba Se

GOAL THIDING
or
DRPENSIVE PLAYER FORBIDIBN TO TOUCH BALL. ON DOWUNARD FLIGHT

Tho National Basketball Rules Committee at their last meeting
proved iteelf te be a “model” rules committee ~ sce Webster - “a model isa
omall imitation of the real thing". The rules body temperized. ‘They did net
meet issue squarely. |

the rules eaanittee did nothing a»ewt the extremely td] player
on the offense, But they hunored @ pressure croup whieh protested against
the giant goal tender on defense, Symptomatiesl ly they datbled awkvardly
in the cane divestion of thely mistakes the previews years Why discriminate
Against the defense wile permitting full freedom te the offense as the sane
rule concerns in principle the extremely tall player under both baskets,

The newly exaeted geal tending rule will be only about ten per
cent efficient, 1 predict that Hank Iba and other orafty eonehes with goal
tending giants will still pleee their goal tenders in front and under the

defensive basket.

Had the rules ecmzittee members done any researeh previous to
their hasty setion and studied the flight of the ball toward the basket they
would have ‘iseovered that an extremely tall player oan still steal most
shots before the ball gets te the baskets The bald duey met begin Ste Commend
are generally umtil it gete above the basket. 4

leet players shoot “siimore” = low shots = just clearing the rine
The ball leaves the players hands at a height of less than six feet and the
basket is ten foot high, hones tall defensive players will got the ball while
it Ae still going ups Offensive shooters eamnct readily learn a new areh
ahot just for the benefit of the hyperstall geal tender without seriously