This 1970s State High School Athletic Association film looks at some of the more specific rules of basketball. It is sponsored by Wheaties and Wilson, which feature commercial interludes throughout the film. One of the Wheaties commercials features Olympian Bob Richards. The film was shot at McPherson Senior HIgh School in McPherson, Kansas (the “Bullpups”) and covers hand symbols for referees, fouls, dead balls, free throws, when coaches can go on the court, basket interferences, goal tending, held balls, illegal and incidental contact, guarding, and screening.
0:06 Distributed through State High School Athletic Association, 0:13 Director W. M. Runyon, 0:30 “Know your Basketball”, 0:34 Q. Calvin Production, 0:51 made possible by the Wheaties Sports Federation and Wilson Sporting Goods, 1:20 John W. Bunn (National Basketball Committee), 1:31 Filmed at McPherson Senior High School in Kansas, 1:41 a basketball match with a large and enthusiastic audience, 2:53 a referee blowing a whistle to indicate a dead ball, 3:25 a referee giving a foul signal, 4:18 referee calling out a technical foul, 4:26 a free throw, 4:42 coach leaving bench to check on an injured player, 5:16 player grasping the basket, 5:57 a player scoring right as the buzzer goes off, 6:44 a free throw, 7:10 slow motion footage of a player dribbling including different recovery technique, 8:00 Olympic Champion Bob Richards speaking to the camera with a Wheaties commercial, 8:43 demonstration of basket interferences and goal tending in slow motion, 11:35 official recognizing and penalizing “held ball” situations and demonstrations of what counts and what does not count as a “held ball”, 14:11 commercial break for Wilson Jet and Comet Basketballs and Wilson Uniforms, 15:04 demonstrations on differentiation between illegal or incidental contact, 15:48 demonstrations of Guarding including illegal positions in defensive and offensive play, 19:44 demonstrations of legal and illegal screening, 26:40 footage from a match with a large enthusiastic audience, 27:30 Wheaties and Wilson commercial interlude, 27:45 “The End”
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