I believe that, if a team can do a few
things well, it will win its share of games.
On that basis the boys and I try to figure
out what we will work on the hardest.

A record of the boys’ offensive and de-
fensive performances will cause each boy
to try hard to better his own record and
to better the records of his team mates.
The record, that we have a manager keep
of all our game-shots and our opponents’
game-shots makes us work hard to do our
defensive jobs right. Below is the record:

 

Attempts
Player Field Goals Made %
A,f 24 8 B30
Bot 8 2 250
C,e 12 6 500
D,g 6 Se B00
K,¢g 12 3 .250
Fe 9 3 333
Team Total 65 we, 340
Attempts
Player Free-Throws Made %
A,f Z 1 50
B, f 3 3 1.000
C,e : oes
D,¢g ee ; ees
KE, ¢g 4 2 500
Fg 4 3 750
Team Total 13 9 682

These charts, as well as a chart of the
opponents, are put on the bulletin board.
The boys find this valuable in studying
the men to whom they are assigned. Our
good defensive men get fun out of “kid-
ding” our shot-crazy men for letting their
men get shots at the basket. The boys
do not want to trade men or screen, fig-
uring they can handle their man better
than anybody else. However, we do trade
men. This is just a device which I be-
lieve stimulates us on defensive assign-
ments.

The stance and drills that we use have
all been listed many times in the ATH-
LETIC JOURNAL. When we see or hear of
a new.one, we try it. We keep the feet
spread, the knees bent with one foot ad-
vanced, one hand between the ball and the
basket with the other hand low and ready
to contact the dribble or pass. Under
game situations, we work on the 2 against
2, 3 against 3, and 5 against 5. I think
that it is not possible to have a good
man-to-man defense and a good zone, so
we have chosen the first and vary it to
meet our opponents. If the opponents
are poor ball-handlers and slow, we play
them close, pick them up early and play
for interceptions. If they are clever and
use a set-offense, we play loose and float a
man. In guarding a man, we try to stop
his most logical move, and make him do
something which is not the natural move
for him.

for JANUARY, 1939

 

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