passed by either the center or the guard in to the forward. ©
‘fhe pattern of play is that both triangles operate toward the 3

sideline. In Diagram Fi Y X5 passes to Xl who comes forward to receive the

ball. Xl dribbles to where X4 was previous ly stationed. X5 moves to Xl‘'s position a2
and X4 moves to X5's position. It must be raneibered that the defensive men must
stay between their opponents and the basket, else the offensive men will be free

to dribble in for an open shot. : | |

Now the ball ean be switched to the other triangle and X4, who
is in X5‘s position, passes the ball to X2, who comes up along his own sideline,
and receives the pass from X4 who had moved wer in X5's position. X2 now
dribbles up to the position of X3. °X3 moves over to the previous position of
X4 and X4 moves down to X2's vieitoed position. It will be noted that either !
wis ‘of She guards may pads thn bal) te ofthe: one of the forwards, in which
case the flow of all the men operates toward their own respective sidelines,
with each man taking the other player's position in the triangle.

This triangular offensive keep-away play vinin'e work only in this
direction else there will be grief to the keepeaway team. The two men in the
triangle not used are ever alert and many times the defensive team will be so
centered on obtaining the ball from the three offensive men that one of the :
-“" ackes aan may slip away from his opponent, going to the basket practically
unguarded to sevelve @ pass from one of the three triangle offensive men. It
is generally the guard on the off triangle that is umwatched. No goal should
be shot uless there is a wide open play and ‘ Lay~up. If an offensive player
: éribbles in to the goal and a defensive player vinnie him, the offensive.
player should immediately swing away from the goal and resume the keep-away

game. Armed with these fundamentals a tean should be more consistently versatile.

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