> > Girls' rules allowed only one dribble. It was bounce, pass, bounce, pass. The guards tried to get the ball across the center line to their own forwards. If they were fouled, they didn't even shoot their own free throws. One of their forwards did it for them.
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> > Naturally is was a somewhat slow-moving game, but in those days it was not considered lady-like to exert one's self too much. So half of the 12 players were mostly standing around watching at any given moment. It was only slightly more effort than a game of h o r s e.
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> That sounds like netball, to me.
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> Ah, yeah, the Great and Mighty Wikipedia confirms that netball is also known as "women's basketball".
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> And I don't need to ask my grandmother about it, as it was played (and almost certainly still is) at my school.

I'm astounded. They have given a new name to an old game. I looked at the court diagram and I see that there is no centerline. Or, depending on how you look at it, maybe two centerlines. Does this mean that there is an area in the middle where anybody can go, or is it a no-man's land? Well . . . a no-woman's land, I guess.

I don't know of any netball leagues around here, and as far as I know high school girls all play by "boy's" rules these days. I know UT certainly does. I don't even consider myself a basketball fan any more, but I have been known to watch UT's "Lady Vols." They play a rip-snortin' game, and they appear to be the best in the business.
Howard