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Do you know
-—-how best to penetrate a zone defense?

——-the best modern use of screening, plays against
the man—for-—man defense, out-—of—bounds plays?

A detailed, authoritative exposition of the latest and most advanced tactics
of basketball offense and defense, and how to execute them, is only one of the
features of this new book that will vitally interest every ardent follower of this
game, from coaches and team managers to fans.

How to select and equip a team — how to train players, as individuals and as
teams — how to handle them before and during the game, and care for their injuries
— how to keep them in a winning mood — how to stage the contest - all these and
more are fully covered, out of the experiences of a master coach, who has won 21
championships in 26 years of coaching.

Forrest c. "Phog" Allen's
BETTER BASKETBALL

Technique, Tactics and Tales

This book fully covers technique, individual player skills, their offensive
and defensive movements, handling of the ball, etc. Several well-illustrated chap-
ters comprise a thorough analysis and-practical treatment of this important ground-
work of better basketball.

The tactics of coordinating the play and developing team offense and defense
in its most up-to-date form is taken up in detail in another large section of the
book.

Many hints on the psychology of winning games are given, particularly in the
interesting true stories that the author tells in the section entitled Tales, all
of which involve those human elements that help players to overcome one-sided scores
and adverse conditions and to turn impending defeat into victory.

Just a few of the helpful features this book offers:

—-163 photographs graphically illustrating individual offense
and defense and team offense and defense

—-86 diagrams very clearly depicting game formations and clarifying
many confusing points

—-a comprehensive section on training and conditioning, treatment
of athletic injuries, bandaging, manipulation, emergencies,etc.,
providing many suggestions for keeping men in the game under
conditions under which they ordinarily would be lost to the team '
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