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even with the free throw line, The three outside men cstablishing the
front line of attack, either from a roll, or ball maneuvering; thus
setting the defense, where we, as an offense, desire them, The attacking
angles of this formation are desizned primarily to bring the ball straight
down the middle, The man passing the ball in determines the choice of the
immediate maneuver,

3-¢ After we have run the double post maneuver through twice, we will go
into a Pive Man base line gamc, This is based on a few simple rules,
Handle the ball and go to the base line, to the side line and handle the
ball again, Upon going to the base line, you go to the opposite side line
from the man in front of you..... on your way out, pick for the man going
in.

4-D OQOut-of-Bounds Plays - On all out of bounds balls, run a cross block
with a team-mate, This is simple, but is the basis of all out of bounds
plays.

5-E A Rushing Defense for 8 Minutes - The use of this defense will be
confined to gaining possession of the ball when we are behind and when it
is being withheld from play.

The defense is primarily a front court defense, The man with the ball
is rushed by the forward nearest him and the center, The other forward
checks the short side guard and should a pass be made to him, it will the
forward's duty to intercept. The guard, on the side of the floor the play
occurs on, pulls up close and intercepts any pass attempted up the side of
the floor, The other guard plays directly in the center of the floor to
handle any long cross-court pass that may be attempted. Success of this
type of play will necessarily depend on the ageressiveness of a defensive
play. All caution is forgotten, no man is covered particularly but the man
with the ball and his nearest outlet points are covered agsressively, and
we attempt to create a state of hurry and confusion, Mistakes should
result, and ball, if thrown hurricdly or carelessly, should end in our
possession, POSSESSION OF THE BALL IS QUR IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVE,

6-F Man-to-Man in a Zone Defense = We will use a close checking man-for-
man ina gone, Defense is a state of mind as much as any one thing, What
you think you can do defensively, you can do, Truc, you mst know how to
cover; but no matter how much you know, what you actually belicve you can
do, you can almost do, For some time I have spent a minimum time on
defensive work, Getting by on a cheaters defense, that is, actuglly not
playing man-to-man on zone but merely bunching men undor tho basket and not
covering anyone, This will win lots of ball zames, but I have found it
will not win the ones we have to win,

When on Defense Remember:

le Use a low crouch-gliding steps -« feet wide «- weight on balls of
feet and weight evenly distributed -- inside hand directly in front
~° outside hand low and wide --(split vision) one eye on man, one
on ball, WE DO NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE,