Hey You,
on Facebook, Twitter, TXT:
Bring “DIVERSITY OF HEIGHT" to your gym or campus. Start a hoops club, Short AND Tall - ORDINARY height the feature. Every squad of 10 is a slice of age-and-gender population. Exploit hidden hoopability. Challenge other clubs. Schedule a NOVEL PRELIMINARY - your intraclub league providing a doubleheader highlight preceding regular campus, recreation or semipro basketball. (Why Not? After all, it's Hoops for All.) john@mchale.com
|
HOOPS FOR ALL, The innocent vertical goals of a basketball court create a double void. They block many people of ordinary height from a team, and they forfeit considerable natural talent.
Imbalance from the void affects millions. The wide loss of skills is suggested from research data of the U.S. Department of Welfare Center of Health Statistics. Normally we speak of a "six-footer" as a tall man. U.S. Welfare Center surveys find, however, that fewer than 20% of males ages 18-24 are thereby tall, leaving 80% "non-tall." By this 1:4 ratio, player selection on athletic merit is four times as competitive in the 80% ordinary-size group as in the tall 20%. The imbalance of 1:4 calls for a new, separate activity played like basketball. Natural Heights Balance The game is natural. Guided by research on growth, Short AND Tall reflects public statistics. Human height, though miscellaneous at every age, bunches consistently to a sharp peak near "normal." The fewer tall players in Short AND Tall hoops may exploit their height edge while outnumbered by the population majority. A standard five-unit allowance limits tallness to about 20% on every Short AND Tall squad. This proportion within a uniform 10-player squad maximum matches the tallness of people, various ages and gender, derived from U.S. Government population survey statistics. FULL COURT PRESSSelf-Navigation to Every Short AND Tall Page
|
Set-up, Local Rules For Short AND Tall TALLNESS MINIMUM Estimate or consult an authoritative source on general population. Determine the number of inches that is higher than or equal to 80% of the individual heights for an age and gender. This is your Tallness Minimum. By a natural 4:1 ratio, it exceeds the total heights of 20% in a male or female populace. For men ages 18+, the 20% is about 72 inches (rounded to six feet.) HEIGHT UNITS At a wall, measure the Tallness Minimum distance from the floor and draw a horizontal line. Add three upper lines, 2.5 inches apart, for men. Figuring this interval for a different age-gender, multiply the Tallness Minimum by 0.35 and round. Classify most players at zero Units. This is becuse a glance is so often sufficient. Judge taller players standing shoeless at the wall, plus the uncertain few.
TALLNESS ALLOWANCE The maximum tallness of a squad is five Height Units. SQUAD The typical and largest squad is 10 players. An under-10 squad grants two free throws at halftime for each reduction from 10. Whenever rival squads are uneven, throws go to the larger squad. When even, there are no halftime free throws. LINEUPSThe team is the squad. Starters and substitutes are of the same squad. Second-half opening lineups are to include every player who did not start the game. Starters may then re-enter one substitution at a time. AFFIRMING Just before a start, the rival coaches affirm support on squad size, tallness and Local Rules. INIITIATION - Schedule an intraclub PRELIMINARY as a special attraction of a campus, recreation or semipro basketball doubleheader. |
HEY, HOOPS PALS on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, TXT Let's start a Short AND Tall club.
Plan an intraclub doubleheader PRELIMINARY preceding campus, recreation or semipro basketball.
|
|
H
|
Copyright ©2007-2008, McHale Family LP, John L. McHale GP - All rights reserved.