I an told that those who appreciate basketball finesse the greatest
are those who are schooled in appreciation of clever ball handling, good
foot work, and excellent hond works Tt is said that the fast break covers
up a miltitude of basketball sins, A tenn my employ the fire~mgine type
of tasketball, rushing pell«ell, helter-skelter dom the floor, and at times
offensive team will succeed in scaring « goal. But this type of tean that
exploys only the fast break is very apt to pay little attention to defense.
Their om goal is often unguarded and an intelligent team playing against a —
fast break my exploy the long pass out fron under the basket and cateh
| The common conception of tean work is that it applies only to the
offense, when in reality team work shows at its best on the defense. ‘This
misconception can be attributed to the fact thet in the early development
of the game the players in possession of the ball were the centers of
have the balle All efforts were placed on seoring, and no attemtion given —
to the work of preventing the opponents from sooringe The results of ex
perience have changed these conditions until now the two phases of the gane
are given equal consideretion, and in may instances their order of importance

The guard is the bipedal watchdog of the baskets He should always be
found between his opponent end the taskete A good guard will hound the talle
A wily guard will never let the opposition slip in behind hime He will play
the bell and not the mm. A crafty guard must imow how to use his weight to