Ball players practice
Scrimmage releases tension, says KU Coach Ted Owens. Owens is directing a basketball clinic for jr. high and high school students this week on campus. His regular assistants on the coaching staff and Jo Jo White are also instructing the boys in the fine points of basketball.
KU coach instructs student ball players
By GARY ZINK
Kansan Staff Writer
KU basketball Coach Ted Owens and his staff are conducting a basketball clinic for junior high and high school students this week.
The week-long clinic is designed to give the students a good grounding in the fundamental moves of basketball and to improve each player's game.
The students compete among themselves to add life to the fundamental practice drills, which Owens says could become boring without an outlet for "steam."
Owens talked about the purpose of the clinic during a practice session on Wednesday.
"I think that if we can teach a young ballplayer the correct way
There are 144 students in the clinic, and Owens is being assisted by several high school and junior college coaches. Also on the staff are his regular assistant coaches here at KU, Sam Miranda and Gale Cathett, and Jo Jo White, former Kansas basketball star and current player for the Boston Celtics.
to play before he develops bad habits, we can do him a great service," he said.
White, who attended a basketball clinic in St. Louis when he was in high school, said nearly all college players have done so at one time or another.
The basketball players are staying in Naismith Hall and practicing at Lawrence High School.
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Summer theatre to feature shows in-the-round
The 1970 summer program for the University of Kansas Theatre will feature four productions, two of them in-the-round.
The season opens with "Luv" on June 27 in the Experimental Theatre with curtain time at 8:20 p.m. each night. Show dates are June 27, 29, 30, July 1, 2, and 3. This smash Broadway hit comedy will be directed by Dr. Tom Rea.
The next production will be on the main stage but will accommodate an audience of only 250 since it will be performed in the-round. "Pinocchio" will be seen July 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 at 7:20 each evening. There will also be 2:30 p.m. matinees on July 8 and 9. This traditional children's play, directed by Jed Davis, director of the University Theatre, will have all the usual characters but with more emphasis on the other puppets Pinocchio encounters. Children will sit around the action on stage, taking part in it and often initiating it.
"The Miracle Worker," the story of the deaf and blind Helen Keller and her teacher, will run July 13-18 in the Experimental Theatre. A 2:30 matinee will be seen on July 17. Directed by Peter Clough, KU drama graduate student, the play will emphasize the blind child's relationship to her teacher, not her deformities in blindness and deafness.
The final production of the season is "Rain" which is also performed in the round on the main stage. Curtain time is 8:20 p.m. for all performances July 20-24. This classic story about Sadie Thompson, Honolulu streetwalker, and her encounter with the Rev. Davidson, a missionary on the island of Pongo Pongo during a period of the rainy season will be directed by Jack Brooking.
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