5e strata of the sone principle. The front guard is placed seven feet in front of tthe: ‘guave shown in Exhibit 1. This is a tandem defensive formation. The rear defensive guard has ecieell hicks Mi & gesAMlidd Witueh fide feat directiy in front of the basket and the fron guard plays about seven feet in front of his teammate. The expectant attitude of the defensive players should be stressed. This is the formation that I use always against fast breaks. It will be noted thet the most vulnerable point of the basket is grotented, namely, directly in front, and the two defensive players shift to meet an offensive three-man thrust. ! Whether the offense attempts a shot or a pass, the defensive players will always shift the spearhead of their defense in the direction of the ball. These men will constantly be shifting sestteene in their endeavor to stop all offensive shots. Purthernere, both of the defensive players will be using every talent at their commend to hurry and confuse the offensive ball handlers. Naturally the guards must be tenght to expect the offensive men to shoot, but when a shot is made by the offense then the defensive men are in an ideal position to recover the ball. , It must be stressed that the three men are to dribble, pivot and pass to jockey the ‘wo defensive men out of position..