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An offensive player in going down the court showld be at least
six feet from the sideline and always converging in toward the center. He
should pass at angles and run in curves, always converging inward. A player
who runs closer than six feet to the sideline, should a fumble ocour, will
lose the ball out of bounds to the opponent.

, Players in practicing game plays should move at three~quarters
speed during these drills. A counon mistake of most players is to move at

In pre-practice periods, when you first go on the floor (before
formal practice starts) shoot the shots you are weakest on rather than prac-
| tieing your pet shots. A clever opponent or an intelligent coach will be
quick to detect the one-shot type of player.

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Dribbling is comparable to a broken field run in football. A dribble should
be used to get into the open spaces, and then a pass or a cut is indicated.
court a player should pass forward and toward the sideline to a player cutting
in. If the offensive player is six feet or more from the sideline, the pass
should always be forward and toward the center or across the court. The ball
should always be moving forward and at an angle, if possible. When a pass is
made lengthwise dom the court it is easily intercepted and it takes fewer
defensive men to guard against that type of pass than a sigsag or crosscourt
PaSSe .

A good defankéion of a perfect offense is this: When an offensive
player with the ball in his possession passes to a teammate in an unguarded
position and the passer automatically moves to an unguarded position timing
his out and pass -- this is perfect offense.