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Show Signals and Team Play Put 1 the Punch in Basketball 1 I- , L . THE. SHOPT PID 55 I Hi .r-N XSSSJFnJt WOP S WELL OVA SM4LL rW'fr) WS Of SLNT llj) FlOOP WTH SHORT PAST gPvV if rLM7-Kj TALL MAN (SETS THE BALL TO jS, fjj.Kt ' - J ! SHORT FAST PL AYCFt WyitfHKI AS g Qj w BL O. ( lAT) P t.i Corner liakt tlKili ("oat h of the I id- verattj or Chicago ami Now of Rutlcr ( allege, Indianapolis, Tlo- real Inside stuff of baskelball is kept under cover. When n game is over the average jmDS spcii:itoi compared 1 -A hasn't seen the : , 1 1 1 v. . . 1 1 , 1 , 1 1 , - siuad i. always B9ft 1 S to 10 point oi j HHjflPr. The ; ' III, BBjT of the court and the sun oundihg a u -LKigHjLJiL. dlenco 1 1 1 1 1 1 BT fifeten nicked In, the jm wsaj 1 1 , u r at t o n that page ks; bo eoped Some coaches tench only a certain style of team pluy, while Others pick their quintets ami drill them in a method of play that suits their persona per-sona 1 tb mauds. Credit Is due the coach who, in an amateurish way, takes five men ami develops team-work. If a coach has a bunt h of bruisers they xvill probably be better on tb IfenSe, playing loxv -score games. Such a squad usually dSVSlOpsthe Individual Indi-vidual stylo ol attack a five-man defense de-fense xvith a three-man rush for scoring scor-ing LONG PASS, The clever men. playing on the ball, run tho floor and produce the punch Long passes from fi to ir yarns go toi I spots, and the ball is kept In a high plane. The pass la considered faster 'than the dribble On a large 04. foot court this system Us a winner from an energy standpoint. I Work generally starts xxith the tall, 'large men who feed the cpeedcrs 1 Probably the best way for Opponents Ito match thlh long puss combination Is xvith a threv-ma defense playing a 1 spolb. I Owing to the small court of tho liiiH smaller towns the tendency of team" jl work Is to swing toward the short pass; U1L) game. The big "lumberjack" type oj glliil player is Impossible for this style Q'iib I Small men xiu. Quick arid gfl .travel meet the demands best. iiiiia ! The team works the ball in a lox kjH plane. Passes from 2 to f yards :uh5 used and the ball is snapped arounxB fust. Sidesteps and pivots predomin-jj ate and. above ail, Quick starts area necessary, cross passes with men run-C nlng In circles to lose opponents gi I IA N E STAR. As In football some teums buulldg Iib around the ace 'the open field ninner.fi ' i n the court he Is called the Lone Btar.l lie carries the game, puts the punch.T 1 .1 th, play possesses phenomenui V endurance, weight, and speed, is .0 j H clever dribbler and side-stepper. i t H The team around hlni is usually;; ij J jl 'm made up of i .x o good basket shooteiti- 1 I I WhllB tin- other two ure Just guards I It takes defensive brains to check th m stur. fl ' I |