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#2 Mr, John w, Bunn
March 26, i954
they are fussing about under the offensive and defensive baskets.
Iam sending a copy of ea letter I have written Roy Mundorff,

President of the Nat'ivAssoelation of Basket Ball Coaches, I
wish you would study it and offer your criticism.

| | - -f wowld say that we should not raise
the basket any more than it would be possible under the rules

according to the height of the ceiling. You will remember for
_. - years we played on & much narrower court than the rvles called
.. for, I can appreciate the difficulty that ae diserepancy in the
height of the besket would cause in a league, but I didn't

know that the Pacific Coast Conference was troubled in having
low ceilings, Im our conference we could’ go to 12 ft, without
any difficulty, a . ,

But, you can see that I am not try-
ing to force a rule through. I am merely calling something to
the attention of the public that in my opinion they sre over-
looking. They are fussing about the tall center at the jump,
It is the big, tall boy under the offensive and defensive bas-

- kets that licks you. The basket is too low, Move it up 2 ft.

and all of the lay-in shots, the post pivot play shot, the

.. tip-in shots, the bat~ins, and all of that stuff is eliminated.

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HR As far as the expense of installing
a basket 2 ft. higher over the others, I think it is minimal,
It would reduce the number of goals, but it would also reduce
greatly the number of fouls. Play would be continuous and
sustained; thy moving the basket in, fewer. out of bound plays
would result and with this added advantage of fewer@ut of bound

pitts your scoring would pick up. You would still work the
ali i

n but not in as close as under the old regime. And, what
murder these guards get away with ~ hipping the forwards out |

under the basket in the present set-up,

John, it is not the difficulty of the
skills or the finger coordination that would make these shots
difficult. It is really a matter of the accomodation of the .
muscle of the eye to the height and this adjusts very rapidly.
Lots of these passes would be worked in under and behind the bas-

ae ei if you moved the basket in the court 6 ft. I would certain-
oy Aye aa

ke to have a good long chat with you on this subject.