and possibly the direct cause of the loss was Kensas' ability to
recover the rebounds, the control of which cave them additional
chances to score and prevented Team B from scoring during the added
time that the home team controlled the ball.

School C excelled only in the number of free throws
while Kansas had ea 63% average in free throwing es compared to a
51% average,

Like the total table, this summary table shows that the
funtemnttie: of the game - shooting, ball handling and rebound re-
covery - are necessary to offensive power and for winning games.

Individual Player Rating

Duping the season a running tabula tion was kept on each
player who played in the home contests, showing the individual's
performance in each game and his total endeavors for the season.
(Sample record, Exhibit B.)

Since the close of the season other items have been
devised, such as ball handling error, playing efficiency, and scor-
ing ability. These points do not appeer on the original tabulation
sheets. , ;

In rating an individual basketball player's offensive
ability, many points should be taken into consideration, and the
method as a whole needs some modification, depending upon the position
played and the style of basketball used. Natumilly, the guards will

nénés' backboard than the forwards.
It also follows that the forwards should recover more rebounds off
their own backboard, and certainly the center or “quarterback” man
will handle the ball more often than other offensive players. These

 

general trends are apparent as soon as one begins an intensive study