&é ball the size of a basketball should be caught easily.
The chief cause of fumbling, I believe, lies in the tendency of the
plaver about te receive the ball to shift his eves to the area to
which he hopes to pass or to shoot, instead of following the ball's
fiight until it rests snugly in his hands. A plaver catching a ball
should always shift his bedy iieuntis back of and in line with. the
flight of the balibather than ‘to reach out and endeavor to pull the
foo ll toward him. Eyes on the ball enti the ball is actually caught,
is the thing to remember coneyantty daring the heat of battle.

The tees should never be used when the player can pass
the ball forward. Uhen pivoting the head and shoulder on the pivot—
foot side isokl brought back and down. Then the weight of the
body will naturallv @fve in that direction. iany feirts and shifts
do not materially affect the body impetus. Feints when be made
with the. head’ end shoulders and not with the hands and forearms. If
@ player is driving down the court and is “pabie to pick out a team
mate in sen of him, he should pivot and look for an opening for. a.
back=pass_ to a team mate, who can follow with a forward pass or a
drive toward the basket. | :

Shadow-dodging and stopping are invaluable practices in
perfecting shifty footwork. The éribpie, the pivot, the side-step,
the feint, and the dodge have revolutionized the game of basket ball.
Before the dribble was permitted, the plaver could advance the ball

only by passing it or batting it forward. Now, the game is not unlike

checkers , but instead of jumping over the man, as in checkers , the