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The weaknesses of foro defensive men against three offensive men are in
the corners to the right and left of the ele defensive guard. If the ball
is passed fron the offensive man out in front to either one of the two offensive
men in the corners, the rear guard snitte toward the offensive man who is able
to receive the ball in the gorner and the front guard atides back equidistant
‘between the two guards' former position. | In using this formation as a defense
against the fast break, the front man parrion a thrust in front of the basket
and the rear ont uhdorneath the basket shifts to meet the cncoming offensive
man with the ‘ball, while the third defensive man moves in on the weak side away
from the ball, thereby setting up the tated stage of defensé in three defensive
men in a triangular position, one in front, of the basket and two on either side.
| Third stage, five on three. ‘Pive ab tenniee nen are waging a scoring
attack against three defenders. The defensive men are arranged in a triangular
formation with the front defensive player in the apex position and the other two
defensive players’ in their regular guarding positions. This is the defcnsive
formation assumed with the third man amen in from the weak side after a fast
break to reinforce the ‘two defensive men who were in an anterior-posterior
position. When more than three offensive nen attack, the triangular defensive
is imperative, ine nat valuovable positions of the basket attack are where
these three defensive men form their triangle. | ,
The coach handles: the ball and hands it to the attacking five men who
start down from the center of the floor with the defense line up in the
triangular position. Pive trials are used in this competitive fundamental
drill the sane as in ‘the others. If the offense scores one basket out of the
five it is a tie. If they score two on vidi Weld citteiicis Went, and if the
defense shuts the offensive out without a basket the defense wins.

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