All conditions in each test were kent as nearly constant as
possible. The same team was used each time; the games were played at the
same time of day; the habits of the individuals were kent as nearly con-
stant as possible before each test; temnerature and humidity were noted
each time; only one game was played a day and the tests were run in
pairs, first one in the pavilion and then one in the gym, and then the
order of play was reversed to correct for any discrepancies in this res-
pect,

It will be noted that while the recovery time varies for dif-
ferent individuals, the shorter recovery tine is always in favor of the
games played on the pavilion court. The only logical conclusion that can
be drawn from the above data (even though there are only a few cases,the
trend is certainly conclusive) is that the floor with the greater elas-
ticity (the pavilion floor) causes less fatigue for the same activity
than the one with practically no elasticity. The players noticed the
difference in the effect upon their legs and feet. Their legs and feet
ached after the games in the gym, while they felt no ill effects what-
ever after games played in the pavilion.

Because of these data the reason for the difference was stud-
ied. The only variable found was the difference in the construction of
the floor of the two courts.The pavilion floor is a uniquely constructed
- spring floor, while the gym floor is laid on a concrete foundation and
has no appreciable resiliency. These results are of particular value to
coaches of teams,because certainly it is an advantage to have conditions
for play which are most beneficial to the players, and which are the
least fatiguing. It would seem reasonable that for both practice and for
games a player could produce better results at a higher intensity and
for a longer period on the more resilient floor.

48 a result of these data one new basketball floor has been
constructed in accordance with the specifications for the Stanford Pav-
ilion floor. In the interest of better facilities, blue prints of the
design of the Stanford Pavilion floor may be secured for the cost of
printing and mailing the same, by contacting the writer.

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TESTS SOME OF THE PROPOSALS

Editor's Note: The following report has been taken from
a letter written by Ray Hanson, Director of Athletics
and Coach of Basketball at Western Illinois State
Teachers College. Mr. Hanson has been a live member
of this Association from the start. He was appointed
on the Coaching Ethics Comnittee for 1935,but through
an embarassing over-sight his name was ommitted fron
the published lists of officers.

“We experiments with Phog Allen’s suggestions (detailed in
the first two bulletins) in a game played between the Quincy, Ill. ,High
School Alumni team, last year's champions of Tllinois, and our freshman
team. After the game we asked the crowd to vote on the proposed rules
changes, and the spectators were almost unanimously against the 12 foot
goals.The majority opposed the scoring of three points for a field goal,
and almost none liked the idea of shooting free throws in the end of the
court where the offense occurred. Votes showed, also, that the use of
three circles for held balls was not satisfactory. The one suggestion
which was liked was the placing of the back-stop four or six feet from
the end line.

"We tried to eliminate the center jump, and that experiment
proved to be popular with the spectators, but the vote was not one-sided
by any means, We experimented with another change ,- that of allowing an
incoming substitute to communicate immediately with his teammates. The
Dlayers on both sides thought it a fine move, When Knox College plays
here late this season, Dean Trevor, coach at Knox, has agreed to waive
the present substitution rule and experiment with this change. At that
time we will ask for a vote of the players, officials and snectators to
find what they think of it".