officials! alertness. In the fore courts, watch for travelling and
fouls. That is where travelling gives the offensive team a tremen-
dous edge, and where most of the fouls are committed. FOLLOW THIS
RULE, HOWEVER. IF THERE IS ANY DOUBT IN YOUR MIND THAT A FOUL HAS
BEEN COMMITTED, DON'T CALL IT.

(4) THE BLOCK, OR SCREEN: The committee is agreed
upon this basic points. First, there must be contact. There is
no block under any circumstances without contact. Any man is entitl-
ed to occupy any position on the floor, provided he gets there first,
and firmly possesses that position. A collision does not necessarily
mean that there has been a block. Two men may be running in differ-
ent directions,and not see each other at all before they collide.
Don't permit one team to do something that you will not allow the
other team to do. Again, follow the rule --IF YOU ARE NOT SURE, DON'T
CALL IT.

(5) THE OFFENSIVE ZONE: All the coaches, we believe,
are chiefly concerned with protection for their shooters and cutters.
We don't want the officials to get the idea that they are to loosen
up on rough work under the baskets. That is where we want them to
go to work. Cutters must be protected, shooters must be protected,
always making sure that rough work isn't THE SHOOTERS! FAULT, or THE
CUTTERS! FAULT. We don't want boys hurt by being cut down under the
basket, ridden into the stands, thrown out of bounds, etc. We would
call your attention to certain shooters and cutters who fake fouls.
Follow the rule -- MAKE SURE.

(6) THE PIVOT MAN: The pivot man is permitted to back
up until he makes contact. His defensive man is permitted to come
forward to the same degree. Boring back into the defensive man by
the pivot player is not permitted nor is pushing forward into the
pivot man. Make sure that the pivot man, when he turns for his shot,
is not riding into the defensive man, or pushing off from him. Many
times it is not the defensive man's fault at all.

(7) OFFENSIVE MAN DRIBBLING INTO THE BASKET: We are
instructing the officials to use common sense in determining the res-
ponsibility for the fouls committed when a fast dribbling offensive
man goes into the basket, and when there is no doubt that a foul has
been committed.

If the dribbler is ahead of his defensive man, the
foul is more likely to be committed by the defensive man. If they
start on something like even terms, it depends upon the handling of
the situation by the individuals as to which commits the foul. They
have equal responsibility. If the defensive man is nearer the basket
than the offensive man, the foul is more likely to be committed by
the dribbler.

We have attempted to cover tne points that have caused
the most criticism this season. We believe that the coaches and
officials should work together. We are agreed that this is the way
we want basketball played among our teams, and we believe these
interpretations strike a medium between interpretations in other
sections of the country, and former interpretations in this district.

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