PERLS204 Lecture : Edmonton Grads March 14.doc
1 May 2012
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How it began: basketball began in a prairie field in 1910, the first women"s team in alberta was in lacombe in 1909, percy page was the coach of the edmonton grads. From 1923 onwards, they played with men"s rules: they had a best of 3 series, one game with women"s rules, other game was with men"s rules, as the team travelled outside of edmonton, they were ambassadors for. Edmonton: the edmonton businesses got behind the grads, as many as 9000 people would crowd into the arenas. Keeping it simple: macdougall school became a basketball factory, the game preparation was important, they had a good style of play, percy page was a great coach, they were all stars. Some practices would be fundamentals but most were practice games against other teams: style of play didn"t change much over the years. Fast-breaking game, run, short passes, and shoot: used very few set plays.
