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the ball was consumpted because the keystone player, ’
suid’ aplday oven the ballin other aurgstions tous ve for
the rebound on_his side ofthe court, “tcl ot

: as is shooting. @ecovers his side of the cour
teecue aa Couns, is in 2 position to float either way ppg q
‘pass-out from any of the offensive men near the — s
pagss-out, in case is pulled over to the opposite side. ca
‘If the offensive team continues to ass the os habe
sgolutely impossible for » ee ete “ts -
from getting a fairly open sho er the ‘ . -
| 7 ense, the ball can be passed back easily 2

Sand tage ie och can re-form and endeavor to make the pisy
work on @ succeeding trye It is to be remembered that — rk shal
of passing in and out of the zone defense is to a 2 8 .
make it retreat, so that the offense can shoot over °

Diagram II:

Here, the same setup is used as in
Diagram I. The offensive guard@ sneps the
ball to@and then@ cuts across the court
éhagonally, at the same time calling for
a return pass fron@. tn reality, he is
continuing on for the apparent purpose of
Screening@'s guard. As soon a Gis pass=

ing lane is cleared by, Suns the ball
to® sho comes up atrnee his posi-
tion to receive the ball. drives to an _
unguarded spot and receives the return pass
fron ©. floats off to his own side of the
court as he did in Diagram I. He receives
& snap pass fron ®, who by this time has |
worked himself into a position to shoot for
the basket. The rapid and artful manipula- |
tion of the ball has caused the defense to
become flattened or to retreat. This new situation will enable @)
the man in the center offensive position, to get a close-range shot
for the basket. If he is not in a favorable position for the shot, he
mb pass back to GS), whe slides for the pags-out. For the rebound work,
6 covers his side of the court. N w, @® can swing éneoutningd froota of
the basket and gover that babeund. © can swing down and ‘in toward his
own left side of the basket to cover his territory, In this way, all
three sides of the basket are covered, and, should @follow in after he
shoots, @) can slide out and trade places with @ .

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