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Mr, Henry lias,
Superintendent,”
Beeler, Kanese,

“ _. Answering your commmuicetion of September 2
beg to state that I can see no danger in starting heasket-. —

_ ball practice very early in the year, especiaily when there.
ds no football participated in by your high school, si

a ee i would suggest that ro serimmage be indulged
-in_tor at least two or three weeks after you start, and
further that fundamentals both iv individual offense and —
individual defense be given the most attention. The tean —
offense and teau defense is a build-up after the fundament-
els on the individual work is taken care of, eee

a 4 would also suggest the necessity ef impressing
the boys with instruction on personal hygiene and diet. I:
find thet by interesting the boys in their @iet thet they be-

_ Some greatly interested in themselves ené that they will -
have’ Yauch claener existence which, after all, is the purpese

of thelr early physical sctivity. i

See i would say that two weeks after 1 starts

would be « good time to start basketball practice, but it

would be & month after school starts before I would do much
_.. ou wiil finé that efter scrimmage startg it is

very difficult to keep the boys eet on fundamental,

end evan after scrimnage docs start I would never devote more

then 15 minutes a day to serlamage work, ‘he boy reverts to a

his fuadanentals during the periods of excitation. Therefore,

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_ pound thes well in fundamentals ané they will make fewer mis=
 tekes in SCriMMAS» aa = is ps -

I trust this anewers your question.
3 a Very cordial ] ty yours,

|| BAyector of Physical Education. _

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