REPORT OF THE VISUAL INTERPRETATION Page 10,
COMMIT TER
Chairman, Nat Holman

The purpose of the Visual Interpretation Committee is to clarify
and eliminate any particular problems that have come up in our game
from time to time. ‘This year we have no particular problem; that is,
nothing in particular was called to my attention by Chairman Read,
Under the circumstances, I concocted an idea from football games and
relayed that idea to the members of my committee to obtain an expres-
sion from them on this project. There are a number of football
coaches around the country who, at the end of the season, will assemble
the touchdown plays from motion pictures taken throughout the season
on one reel, which is shown to the boys and at various banquets, and
has a great deal of human interest and appeal.

What I did will be explained in this brief report I have here,

and then wi will go right ahead,

"No development in education since the coming of the textbook
has held such tremendous possibilities for increasing the effectivo-~
ness of teaching as has the motion picture, produced and used so as
to realize its potentialities. But their effective use is predicated
upon a thorough understanding of the various contributions which the
coaches in our chosen sport can make the instructional process.
Textbooks, current athletic poriodicals, summer coaching schools,
lectures, and clinics featuring practical demonstrations all have
played an important part as teaching aids. However, the ficld of motion
pictures in the game of basketball has not been fully explored nor
its value truely recognized by those of us teaching the sport. fhe
production of the film entitled, "College Basketball", has been prepared
in the terms of studing techniques and a detailed analysis of various
styles of team play. We hope an enrichment of undprstanding may
result from this study, and trust it will provoke thought on the part
of those who witness the picture. Seeing makes for better understand-
ing. Problems of controversial rule interpretation, rule changse,
officiating, play situations, can all be brought home more clearlys#
as a result of visual aids. We trust this picturo will be the fore-
runner to many such attempts in the future, bringing before our ecyos
situations which will create discussion, leading to a more interesting
and uniform game.

"ome comiittos withes to. uxprcse 2t this tim ite. gnuino -pproce
ictisn -n@d thanks to the following coaches who responded to the call
and shipped their films to the Chairman: Harold E.Foster, of Wiscon-
sins W. H. Browne, of Nebraska; John Bunn, of Stanford; Joe Hutton, of
Hamline; Howard Cann, of N.Y.U.3; George Edwards, of Missouri; Sam Barry,
of Southern Californias; an Ned Irish, Basketball Dircctor of Madison
Square Garden, New York City."

"Allowances should be made regarding the selection and choice
of the films, this being our first attempt in this direction, ‘The
committee attempted to canvass the field for such material and then
send it on to the Chairman for the purpose of assembling. There may
be far superior films in the hands of other coaches. Knowing of our
aims and objectives, we hope those of you who are now taking pictures
will keep us posted in the futuro in order to crystallize as well as
establish this project on a firmer foundation, This film has been
made possible through the gencrosity of the Agfa Ansco Film Corporation,
of Binghamton, New York," ey

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