Show Basket Ball Bal Strategy S S S By DR JAMES NAISMITH j r of th h hr Game Gain Gaint t UP tv b Joi o B 1 2 A CROSSFIRE RE FORMATION Entering into more complicated com combinations combinations in m basketball play we are in inthis Inthis inthis this article presenting a crossfire for formation formation formation mation which is especially effective be he bewildering to opponents and spectacular from tOo toe spectators point of view This play pia consists c of the forward to first re receive receive the ball passing the sphere to his teammate diagonally across the floor Forward No 0 2 as In the diagram gets ets the hall ball b ll from the center on 00 the right side During the time that No Xo 2 Is making the Journey Journe toward the appointed spot at which he is to receive the sphere forward forar No Xo 1 is losing his guard by b the use of ot the formula of oC running In Ina Ina Ina a circle And he must so 50 gauge his progress that the Instant the ball is passed to him ha ia must be In the spot from which he started and without an op on opposing posing guard beside him Having re received received received the ball he shoots for the goal goalBy goalBy By B that time the opposite p forward and the Iho center have assumed their places the former fonner directly in front of or the goal and the latter on the side The forward who tried for the basket with a afew afew afew few more foot evolutions which are ac accomplished accomplished accomplished between the instant he shoots for the goal and the instant of ot failure should he miss the goal al arrives at his point of or starting and thus a carom from the Iron circle Ircle of the basket baket or the board back of o 0 It will be readily received by b a number of or the team represented as ag Perhaps more morl science Is to be b used In Inthe inthe the effort of or forward No o 1 to lose his guard ard and arrive at his position in time timeto to receive uccle the sphere A wise Ise guard will Ill usually keep between his man and the goal and for that reason the gauging of or progress by b No Xo 1 must be exact To start he h must allow his guard to keep with him until the point of oJ his Imag Imaginary Ima imagInary inary Inar circle ircle nearest the center of ot the floor Is IA reached Then with sit all the speed at athis athis his command he be must dart back bak to the appointed aPP spot and gauge his sprint so that he and the ball will meet at the point from which he started Then the effort at the goal is Ig made and being al at almost almost most underneath the tho basket the tn should be easy for even the novice The play pIa is used on the opposite side of or the floor In the same manner No Xo 3 the center in this case taking the left hand side of the basket while forward No 0 1 after passing the ball across the floor to forward forr No o 2 takes the position directly in front of or the basket baket Forward Xo No 2 returns to his position on the right hand side of the goal thus covering alt all points point effectively al On the floor of or average arage length hd nd width the forward who Is to t receive the ball from the center man ma direct learns leas by intuition the exact moment to start from Ills his place to receive the sphere This knowledge comes after one or two plays plas and only by starting at the right In Instant Instant Instant stant can he successfully elude his guard ga opponent The forward must necessarily be fast to beat his hi guard ga to the ball baU but bat then knowing kowing exactly where the sphere Is to fall taU he ho has ha perhaps an Instants start star Where here the forward has baa h a distance of twenty feet to run to procure the ball bal he should start st from his position just justas jut jutas as the ball baU reaches reh s the highest point of or ascent after leaving the hands of f the ret ref referee in tho the middle of or the floor foor for lor the centers to Jump at atTn atIn atIn In Tn that manner he be may successfully lo los lose his hi guard gar There are ae two vane varie varieties yare ties tES of or guards gars among the tho teams of or the highest highet class One is I the cas te player who runs down dow the floor foor to his to shoot goals goa and the theother theother theother other who prides himself on n ability to sUck stick to l his ls Is opponent The The latter later varie varI variety varIty aI ty t Is always the safest kind to have hae on a at team t am The scores cores which his opponents make mak are ae consequently few feic although h b I Ih has h no himself to add points pint to his teams total But the guard guad who bo can stick close to his opposing forward cose and at the same time score ore goals goats himself Is a prize but that sort sor Is rare He must have an intuitive defensive def sense sene and ana at the same time an unerring eye for the theoal goal A failure to lodge the ball bal within the oal net at a critical moment may ma result In Inthe Inthe Inthe the delivery eliVer of the sphere Into the Hands I to the of ot an opponent and the pass pas forward a left alone by b the tire ambitious guard may mar end In a goaL That Is II the reason for the stereotyped advice whit coaches giving their we so 50 often hear theIr guards If U you ou must shoot for goats goals Joal dont ars waste any a y time Get the ball quick quickly Iv ly I make your our try tr tr and get back to your forward Dont wait walt to see fee If i the nan bail bai goes Into the basket baket Os Oftentimes when w tn a guard gard is 11 especially ad advise advise efficient In shooting baskets I would vise that by a prearranged signal sigal a for tor forward forward ward or the tIle center be b sent lent to guard gard the th guards ar opponent while the former forer tries tre for Guard plays are dangerous hi themselves to the point columns of or any al team but at the same sae time Ume they arc are like Ik of or big results For ForI speculation promising result Fo I have he noticed that the average forward would rather take a chance on allowing his guard to go down dO the floor alone In Inthe Inthe the endeavor to shoot goals and take a chance hanco on one of or his men passing him the ball and Us its Is finding him unguarded So S when bal a captain captIn signals for a guard Jad play pIa he is taking a chance He knows his man manwill ma mawl manwill will probably ting have hae a free fre shot at the goal goaland goaland and wl If t his eye ee is good go he will wi score but let me advise that captain captin that whenever he injects inject a a guard play pia Into his hs repertoire he must also make provision for covering the opposing forward who Is necessarily left alone To that end the forward W who nho Is not Implicated in the guard play rau must take tak the position poston at the side of the op opposing opposing opposing posing forward who Is uncovered For without this precaution the center opponent neat nent ent might perhaps get the Jump on your man and knock knok the ball aU toward his own basket It where whee the tho loose forward awaits We Oe have hac seen guard plays plas result disastrously disastrously so often ofen that I am perhaps more skeptical than tha need be b on this point pint Therefore I would advise a team tm at the te start of the season seon to devote its It time In Inthe Inthe Inthe the main toward perfection ot of Its forward and m center plays plays Then with th w to the finest possible point let good hard bar work ork be put Into the use ue of or guard a forma formations formations every man playing his h part pr with systematic ton ever regularity The guard plays lay will be b shown how later for fo in pursuance of wl the policy thus laid out out teams earns eams should drill at their pol forward And center combinations combination until these thee are down dow pat When you o have hae mastered the guard Jard center and for forward forward ward plays pla we will wJ delve delto into combinations which may ma be b used when certain cral conditions tons arise in the game garne gme such sueh as asa a play pia when arse you are ae tossing tos ln for a a free fre fr throw when your opponents opponent are engaged en g t In tb the same ame action aeto when the out of bounds bundS hi in i your you territory and t tL Is L out of or bounds bound In your opponents terri tr territory f tory tor etc ete 1 f |