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Suppose that...

... from a group of 100 prospective players, random heights, all the same age-gender, you are organizing for a club or school:

               (A) eight squads for a Short AND Tall league or tournament -- and
 
              (B) from the same 100 players, an elite Short AND Tall
squad.
1  From the Rules select a competition group (men, women, age-gender) and print a copy of its table for judging units.
2 Mark the four height levels on a wall. Wall-marking guideline
3  Merely by glancing, you observe that, like the 80%-20% population ratio consistent with U.S. Dept of Health statistical surveys, about 80 of the 100 random prospects are people of ordinary height. Most would stand far beneath the top of your lowest wall mark. Judge only any close-calls of this height majority at the wall, assigning zero units to all the "ordinaries."
4 Next, judge the tall players, assigning Units 1-2-3-4 according to the lowest mark-top that each player stands under. While the results are unpredictable, this is a possibility:

1 tall player at 4 Units
   2 tall players at 3 Units
  5 tall players at 2 Units
12 tall players at 1 Unit

5 Judging completes the Availability. Abilities are unknown but equal distribution of tallness to squads prevents any possible "tall team"dominatiion. Allot within the five-unit tallness allowance, then add enough ordinary-height zeroes to round out eight squads to 10 players. This is one of numerous possible distributions:

Squad-a   4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
Squad-b   3-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
Squad-c   3-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
Squad-d   2-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
Squad-e   2-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
 Squad-f    2-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
Squad-g   2-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
Squad-h   2-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0

6 The eight are set for a tournament. Supplemented by squads of the remaining 40 zero-Units players, they shuffle memberships in practices and play. But the tallness allowance maintains a safeguard against domination by a "tall team."

7 Your Task (A), illustrating basic squad formation, is completed.
Next, from the same Availability, inTask (B), you organize the elite squad to represent the club or school. You weigh abilities at Units 0,1,2,3,4 against each "cost" of tallness within the five-Unit allowance. Possibilities include:

   Elite Squad-a    3-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
   Elite Squad-b    3-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
   Elite Squad-c    2-2-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0

CONCLUSION: The tallness allowance eliminates team height domination. In higher competition, hoopability takes command of selection because height is common in each group of Units. Every squad is elite at every positon. Game quality is all-star.

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