BLACK AND WHITE ALTERNATE MARKINGS FOR THE BASKETBALL COURT

Many basketball playing floors with their dark stain are poor surfaces
to carry a black marking which should set off the playing court from the out-
of=bounds area. Many basketball courts are used for auditoria and assembly
hall, and when the floor becomos oversused the light color of the wood is darken=
ed by additional coatings of varnish or shellace

On oa white maple floor the black designated markings are plainly seen,
but if the floor gets darker the black lines show less distinctly.

A scheme was tricd this past winter at the University of Kansas which
showed up wonderfully well. The black sidelines, end lines, free throw lines
and jumping circles wore broken every six inches by a twoeinch square white line.
This alternate black and white marking of contrasting colors showed to a decided
advantagos The "make and break" of the white line set off the well-defined
sidelines and end lines so definitely that it was possible for a coach, player
or an official to tell whether a player was on or near the sideline at the other
end of the courte

We suggest that other groups try this for a research problem in clarify=
ing and making more distinct the sidelinese We believe that it will lessen the
officials! problems, siany times whon an overeenthusiastic rootor takes issuc
with an official who calls the ball in or out of boundse

TEAM-WORK ON THE PART OF OFFICIALS

It is the concensus of the coaches everywhere that officials are not co=
operating with oach other and with the scorekceper in designating the proper
offender and his number and the offended player who is to toss the foul.

It is suggested that it is the duty of the off official not calling the
foul to report to the scorekeeper the foul, the offender, and to designate to
the scorer the player who is to toss the foul shote Im other words, Official A
calls the penalty. Official B walks over to the scorer while Official 4 is
taking the ball down to the froe throw line, gives the scorer the proper inforn=
ation, and immediately walks to the free throw line while the official who
called the foul places the ball on the free throw line and then walks back under
or near the basket for the throwe

SCOREBOOK

It has been recanmended that the official scorebook remain at the scoree
keeper's table frop the start of the game to the finish, and that it not be ree

moved to the dressing rooms of either team during the time between halves or at
the quarter.