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The writer is immensely pleased with your plans for the second amunl
coaching school clinic as sponsored by the Georgia Athletic Coaches Associations, —
I am impressed with the progressiveness shown in this new schene of having the
various coaches who are leaders in their particular sport to instruct the high
school toys fron the state of Georgia, ‘This plan will eatle the stulent
coaches to hear and to witness the actual coaching of fimdanentals. Using the
Georgia high echool boys as guinea pigs in the individual and team<plan scheme
is progressive education. lieretofore visiting coaches have lectured to the
of taking players and teaching each mn the individual defense, the individel
offense, the team defense and the tean offense so necessary in welding the

teen together as a wit,

It will behoove each one of the visiting guest coaches to put out the
very best that he has so that those who listen in will get the greatest benefit
in the shortest possitle tine. It will also show the conteasting differences
between successful systems of play. One conch my stress the fast breaks. ‘The
other coach my stress the set and timing plays with the necessary screen or
pick off. However, the uniformly successful coach will be the one who enploys
both systems = the fast break by the offense when the defense is outzumbered,
say two on one, or three on two, and so forth; and then when the defense has
an equal mmber of men back in comparison to the equal mmber of offensive
men rushing down the court, then a set play is in order because the intelligent
coach will recognize the fact that the defense in basketball normally is stronge
er than the offense,

The first thing that a successful guard learns is to stand between the
play with ite deception and pick off is the order of the day. But to have set
Plays there must be good ball handling and good timinge