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9—BASKETBALL INTUITIONLtaaketfeftll intnttlon—the art m knowing Just v* here to be and what to do when you gei there under cei-taifi conditions during the progress of a gume—is * quality which devotee ofthe s.orj acquire only after several♦ nr-* parti* ination. In football and bace ball eMflb move along with systematic regularity* but ht lb la Indoorgame. the unexpected is happeningevery ratnote. tine instant the ballmay !«■ in the possession of your opponents in the vi* kilty of their goal* * then every muscle is strained with only defend fn •view—hut a second later one of your players may have ure 1 the sphen and at that instantyour w hole theme fs to get away from your individual opponent id order to often up an avenue through which die hall n ay b* parsed to you without allowing an opportunity to block thepass.The ball may be located in a bunch of w riggling player*, tach endeavoringwithout violating tho rules to get it away from Its i*o%*essor. A s- ore of iundUions can prevail In just thl* instance. and they may be dispelled or • nuliiplied in far lime than ittak i to relate it. if in such a scrimmage » ne of your mrn hold** the bad in hU hands fi is your duty to either take the pass from him If hr * an dl*-rntangb- himw-lf or locate yourselfin the* vicinity of the basket in orderthat you may receive a pas* from himor ft on) another of your play era.Perhap- In that install’ e yon can aid by blocking an opponent coming down the Jfoor to lielp: perhaps you can grub it from your comrade by sj rush past him; perhaps you can do more goo«j hv being r miy to receive a throw beneath tho p« r'naps*—butwhat s the . If I wore to tell them all it would take yard* and yards oftype and far more space than is allot*ted to me.Every dctaiL combined with dozens ofother details. goe~ to make op a condition for which your movements must be suited. A duz*n games or more and there requirement* begin to dawn upon the player who is a comparative novice. Advice helps In giving a theory to follow out bat, as my friend Professor Levis t lilies by at Northwestern uni-venrity once said: ' The only way tobc- ome successful in all line* of the sport Is simply a blamed hard grindthree night* a week in practice.S*o in presenting the play* which are illustrated U the diagram In this article. I am branding them IntuitionPlays.’* Take th« one in the diagram to the left. This illustrates condition during which your opponents are endeavoring to make a free toss from the. foul line, after one of the players of the team represented as aggressor has violated the rules. it • *No, *i jg an opponent trying for a goal from foul. H t w» the hall the direction of his basket, opponents and ai;gre.ssH»rs being lined up along the fouled lines. The center * No. 31 of the aggressors, b*dng s-uppo^*diy ih*: tallest mart and best jumper of hif quintet, gets the ball us it caroms oft the goal line In CTi.^e of a possible failure by NX 8.in the meantime, the guard lt;Xo. 4 aim a forward 'No. have separated themselves from the jam around the basket, the former taking up a position near the center of the floor while the latter movff to a point just to the right and a little up the floor.Th-n the center heaves th* bail to No. 2, who In turn sails it toward his own goal, where it is met by No. 4 on the ran. Thence into the basket.The positions of No*. - and 3 may beHc\£*fvTOri$*u—- - for0r7i#ve*76/rk#»e hJC /tine*t
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Salt Lake City Herald
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Sun, Feb 07, 1909
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