The Front Turn

(Left)
The dribbler, pursued—

(Right)

—to go on past him.

—by an opponent (in the
white shirt) ,—

The offensive player is
then—

—picks up the ball,—

—free to pass—

—comes to a quick stop
(note the crouched posi-
tion)—

—to a trailing team mate.

—and starts a front turn
(on the left foot),—

The latter continues in to
the basket—

—allowing the pursuing
opponent—

—for the shot.

 

Guarding the Fake
and Reverse

(The Wrong Way)

The offensive man (in the dark shirt)
comes out to meet the ball.

Before the guard can recover his bal-
ance—

He fakes to the right—

—the man with the ball is dribbling—

—and, as the guard (in the white
shirt) is drawn out of position, starts
a reverse.

—toward the basket, with the guard
completely out of position following
him in.

The guard, of course, would not have been
defeated in this manner if he had maintained a
well crouched position, refusing to be drawn off
balance by the fake. He could have covered
the possibility of a break to the right without
committing himself so completely. That would
have given him a chance to shift quickly to the
left to block the dribbler as he started toward
the basket.

Reprint from the Athletic Journal, January, 1934