—2e

“Thousands of time I have said when you are missing pass five times to a
the guards were shooting consistently long shots, but they were very inconsistent
in their hitting. A long shot by a guard is like a pinch hit in teseball, or a
drop or place kick in football. They are used only in emergencies, not as con-
sistencies. Your average hitting is not highe Therefore the ball should be passed.
in and worked in to the basket where your lew of averages on hits mounts much higher.
It appeared as if the White team was not willing to work hard enough to work the
ball in, but preferred to mke long shots, then stand as spectators watehing a pley,
while the Red team used the fast break with a long pass out to the deep man and _
Remember that a guard is the bulldog or the watohdog of the basket, and he is
defending that basket, not assaulting the other team's basket. Repeatedly I have
said that the only time a guard goss into the tnsket is on Ikmber 4 or 5 play, or
on a dribble where the basket is wide open. If the guard's drive goalward is
stopped by an opposing player, then the guard pivots, passes out, and imodiately
as soon as he passes he drives deep back into his own territory so thet he is in
@ good position on defense. Renenber this = and do not forget to over mike an
exception to ite

Another rule = when guard shoots either fron the side of the court or from
his defensive position he crouches and immediately moves back at once to the same
defensive position as just described in the preceding play situations ow, if
either guard forgets this very important mandate then he has weakened his teen.
And @ guard shoots only when he has three offensive men in a position to cover
the three rebound offensive areas. Both of our guards shoot and stand still rather
than to immediately move back into a safe defensive position. Then when any of the
rebound mon take the ball off the backboard that guard or the other guard has moved

back into defensive position and will have plenty of time to move forward strategically