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Of course the coach relies on his judgement in evaluating
players, but this research not only confirms his judgement,
but stimlates athletic interest. For that reason I think
it is worth-while.

Now for a very new project and this is it. I have an idea

that you can motivate the teaching of set plays and team

plays in high school by diagramming the floor using different
colored water colors. Each color of diagram will represent

a pley. I ran onto the idea of mixing this poster and show-
ecard color with Le Page's glue. This glue makes the color
impervious to wear, and it will remain on the floor for several
years unless you desire it removed and then a towel soaked in
warm water will immediately remove that material without in-
juring the floor an iota. One can use black and white and all
the other colors that he desires. I have used this plan in
coaching my fundamental movements of the players for over ten
years. When John Bunn who is now dean of men at Stanford was
my assistant, here at the University, I had him put on the first
set of diagrams. I trust you get the idea. The one color scheme
is diagranmed for every movement of every player during the
feinting movements end the consummation of their play. These
movements soon become reflexes and then the boys can do them

_ without the diagrams, but it does help tremendously.

Practically all the high school coaches say thet it's too diffi-
cult to teach set pleys to high school players. By following
this scheme it would be easy indeed because every boy on the
team knows exactly what movements to follow by watching his
d@iagrem and color. There are set plays definitely made to work
through the gone defense and there are set plays made to work
through the man-toeman defense. I do not know whether your
magazine would be interested in rumning a series of diagram
colors showing this scheme or not, but if it would this would

be a revolutionary article on research that no one has attempted.
_ We have worked this out in such a way that I positively know
there are few flaws in it and it works for us and I believe it will
show the way of opening up the field to high school coaches in
basketball that has never before been attempted.

I am sending you this work, Evaluating Team and Individual Per-
formance in Basketball, for your scanning at your convenience.

Sincerely,

Direotor of Physical Education end Recreation
PCA/pE Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach