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But the proponents of the center jump contend that the rule makers have placed a
premiun on mediocrity rather than upon excellence. Now the team scored upon automatically
secures possession of the ball out of bounds, whereas heretofore both teams had to fight for =
possession at center after each goal end free throw. The weaker team will now have a. bettee s
chance to hold the score dom, for with the ball in its possession it will have the option of
either driving down rapidly or delaying the offensive to suit its play situations 4

As a result of this new ruling, scores should be higher, now necessarily on account 4
of faster play, but because 6 or 8 min. of action will be added to the actual playing times ‘
Previously, there were letups in action on the center tip-off plays. These additional :
nimites of playing tine ‘a this already stremous gme my prove too great physical strain ox
the heart and the kidmegs of the playerse Heretofore, the spectators had an opportumity to — :
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an exciting field goal. Now, only strong hearts that can stand long-sustained excitement xk
should venture out to the games.

There will still be held balls during the game because research has show that, in
games played with the tip-off in use, there were held-ball plays for every three tip-off q

playss Im the future, the jumpers will be players of mequal heights, whereas the center jump
invariably brought together the tallest men and the best jumpers of each teame 4

The proponents of the elimination of the center jump contend also that the team

having the shorter center fought harder for the possession and control of the ball, and :
thereby added fight to the whole team, while the team controlling the tip-off uswlly, be- 4
cause of a tall center, coumted too much on its height advantage and wmconsciously loafed

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"Just a lot more of out-of-boumds plays at the endline added to what you had before
is the analysis of one coach. The defense will soon learn to drop back fast enough to a
thwart any so-called quick break, And as for that rapid-fire offense allowing sleepers to 4
work against then, there still will be a premium on good ball handling end on all-eromd
fundamentals. Any time that a sleeper, awaiting a pass from his teammates, tries to drop

 
 
 
 

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