Trinidad, Golareic.
January 15, 1938.

Dr. Forrest Allen, :
University of Kansas, ~
Lawrence, Kansas.

‘Dear Dr. Allen:

_ or many years I have been an admirer of your fine
basketball teams. I have witnessed them play for the past °}
8 years, and have always enjoyed their easy, aggessive
manner of. play. To me they are one of the best coached
‘teams in the country, and they show it when on the court.

I have been coaching basketball for a nunber of
years. During this time I have used both of your books.
tL have attended coaching school at Washburn College, Topeka
three times in which you have had charge of the basketball
and injuries. I have also taken your course in Basketball
Theory, by extension and received a."B" in it. At present
Iam assistant coach in Trinidad High School, Trinidad, 2
Colorado. We play such schools at Colorado Springs, Pueblo
Canon City, ete. The compétition is rather:tough. Only
one other team in our conference uses the zone defense.
I.am very anxious to usethis defense, because our team will
average 6ft 1 inch in height. They. are of average ability
in aggressiveness and I believe that this wiil be the ideal
tyne of defense for us under present conditions.

In your. last. book, I note with much pleasure and Re
interest your zone defense. T believe ties ft understand

“how it works, at least most of the time but am just a little
doubtful as to how it should work under one or two conditions.
Therefore, I am asking you what you would do, or rather how
your zone defense functions under the present conditions.

in -the following itlustrations; x represents the defense and

o the offense.

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