The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-12-27
SIGNALS AND TEAM
PLAY PUT THE PUNCH
In BASKETBA
Former Basketball Coach ef the uni-
VersitY % Chicago and Now %
Butler College. indiana polls.
81 Il. o. ~PAr" PAGE.

The real inside stuff Of basketball
is kept under cover. When a game Is
over the average spectator compares
the scores and lets L so ~ that. lie
hasn't seen the team work that has
made the scores possible.
The visiting squad a. always hamdi-
capped from 70 10 points on
strange floor. The goals the lighting
% the court and the surrounding AUDI
cnce. closely packed IN. are the big
factors that must be COPIED with
some coaches teach only a certain
style q team play. Will, others pick
their qutntets and drill them IN a
method % play that suits theiv per-
soaal demands
Credit Is due the coach who. In
an amateurish way. takes five men
and develops team work
II a coach has bunch Of hrulsers
they viii probably be better on de-
Tense. playing low score games such
a squad usually developes the indi-
vieual style II attack flve-man de-
fer ae with three man rush for scor-
Inc.
Long Pass.
The most common system cf team
play, however. Is known as the long
pass game. An ideal combination TO
handle this style Of playing Is made
up Of two big. tall men and three
speeders, and you have the reach at
the end
The clever men, playing on the bali.
run the floor and produce the punch.
Long passes from to rs yards go
spots, md tho ball Is kept in a high
plane. The pass IS considered faster
than the dribbie
on a large 94-foot court this sys-
tenn Is winner from an energy stand p
point. Work generally starts with the
tail. large men who feed the speed
ers. Probably the best way for OPP
ponents t. match this long pass COM
bination is with a three man defense
playing a. spots,
Short Pasa
Owing 20 the small court Of the
smaller towns the tendency Of team
work IL 20 swing toward the short
pass game. Tho big 'iumbertack'
type Of player - impossible for this
style. Small men VINO are quick and
can travel meet the demands best.
The team works the ball IN a low
plane. Passes from 2 20 yards are
used and the BAN n snapped around
fast. sldesteps and pivots predoml-
nate and. above all. quick starts are
necessary. Cross passes with men run
ning IN circles TO lose opponents get
results
Four or five men enter into the
drive Work the Ball IN" Is their
motto. II takes a fivc-ma defense
20 stop them.
Lone Star.
As III football some teams buiid
around the acc-the open field run
uer. on the court he is called the
Lone star lie carries the game. puts
the punch into the play possesses
phenomenal endurance. weight. and
speed. IS a clever dribbler and side
stopper
The team around him is usually
made up ~ two good basket shooters
while the other two are just guards
II takes defensive brains % check the
Lone star
Silent Signals.
Team work At times Is set play built
around an intricate syatem Of signals
spot the center or a forward with the
silent signals. A hand sfoes out. mean
ing q forward shoots &c corner Two
men rush fer the ball The basket
shot Is taken two more fplayers rush
for a follow-up. The third 0r fourth
attempt usually scores the two points.
Watch the out-of bounds combina-
ton play--a double pass and man
Is al set for a shot
The finest asset that any team
work has IL probably given by tie
ability 70 play by instinct. Years %
Coz ordination bring this 20 the win
ners Team work only. wins