Show CONDITION IS I IBID BIG BID CAGE ITEM Friedman l Tells of New Methods of Training for Basket Ball u B X Coach CIcic Wont 1 Chant Chant- T HUB lIE two twe essential requirements of a basketball coach In the order of their Importance are First First-A A thor thor- thorough thor thor-oui-h ough knowledge knowledge knowledge-it f the subject I oth theoretical Ind p r act le leth th latter the of ot experience ence and if Second Pos th lh the 5 1 session of ot C s J knack of ot bein being able to 10 Impart Imparl I t his ii i a r to others No matter how hoA 1 much 5 5 a coach knows s 5 or how well he can play time the game this first essential In coach coach- coachIng Ins coach lag Ing would be worthless unless the coach be gifted rifted with the tho power to Impart this knowledge to those he Is teaching On the other hand It would make little difference what ability a man man had In teaching others It If Ith 1 h did not know what to teach leach them and anti ho he must learn what ho hoIs hela Is to teach through a complete theoretical study of ot the tIe g Mino gaIno me as aswell aswell well as experience gainel by playing the game himself To my mind the tho most moat import Import- Important important important ant asset of any basketball tl team am Is i amIs condition Without physical fit fit It- fitness fitness ness a team an cannot not hope hop for sue sue- cess cess and I think It Is the Clr first t duty of et any ny basketball Coach boach to get his squad Into physical shai shan before he h starts teaching teach in time tIlt ethics of ot the game came All other things being equal the team that has hll the most stamina will win out No matter how wela well wella wella a team may be trained d in shoot shoot- Ing shootIng guardIng and all the tho other essentials of playing the gam game they cannot carry out their end endot enof ot of the work If It they are aro not lii III ph physical ical shape to do so It lt tho the muscles are ar not a able be to t carry arry out what the th mind tells tell them to do de all the th coaching ITt 11 the 1 the world world will not win In games cames I have havo found that the best way wa to get In condition Is start th them m out with plenty of ot ba basket ket shooting practice and wind up each dally daily practice by having ha th mon th-mon mon jog joc about halt half a tulle After Arter Artera a speedup few tew days of ot I speed up sir the lh running and lengthen the th distance I have havo found Cound that after aCier aCiera a week or so of ot this kind ot of practice the h players can play pla through an hours hour's scrimmage f without In an exhausted condition |