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Someone says that there is no other game that ejects a
player for making a certain number of fouls. Well, there is no other
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on their team not to foul as they do in screening, which shades into
blocking, and if they spent time on the offensive, then you would have
less fouling and the players would stay in the game more. I contend
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who teach screening and when the screening shades into bloching

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_ on the part of the coach that caused the boy, and incidentally the

team, to get into trouble.

So let's teach better individual defense and better team
defense, and not try to crowd the issue by saying the best player goes
out of the game when in reality the poorest player goes out of the game
because he has not learned enough to keep from fouling sufficient to
keep him in the game. A rule that has stood the test and decrying of
so meny coaches must have some good points in it. People like highly
developed skills and they do not like awkward body-slamming controts
which are sure to result uless the game is kept open and clean. And
only by calling fouls closely can you keep this game on a highly
skillful basis.

Dr. Naismith has always emphasized that the player should

the ball and not the man, and when you play the man you have a

Director of Physical Fducation,
- POA: AH Varsity Basketball Coach. ?