The six-one-six basket or basquette is a mostly ancient basketball variant, usually played by women and girls. It is played with the same rules as regular basketball, with the following exceptions:
- Each team has six players instead of five; three "forwards" and three "guards".
- Only the forwards are allowed to shoot the ball. The forward players must stay on their team's frontcourt (the side of the field they take) and the keepers have to stay in their team's backcourt. For example, ahead of Team A will be on the left side of the court with Team B keeper in defense. Forward Team B is on the right side of the court with keeper of Team A. So, forwards just play attack and the guards just play defense.
- In some forms, unlimited dribbling is not allowed. After having the ball, players can dribble up twice; at that point, the player must shoot (if advanced) or forward to his teammate. Both the forward and guard players can handle the ball.
- There is no three dot line; all field goals are worth two points. (The three-point line will not be added to college rules until the 1980s, where six-six points are largely removed.)
Today, almost all women's basketball leagues (pro, college, and high school) play with the same five-five basic rules (ball size and three-point line spacing are two of the few differences). In the United States, the last major sanctioning bodies that left the six-six variant were the state athletics organizations of Iowa and Oklahoma. This sport is sometimes still seen at the recreation level, such as during physical education classes; In this case, boys and girls play the game.
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Last six six game played
Beginning in 1958, the Civil Rights Office began searching for banning six-sixth bitches of high school girls. It took 37 years to end it.
- 1978: Texas
- 1993: Iowa
- 1995: Oklahoma
April Coleman took his last ever shot for 6th on 6 basketball in the United States for Pocola Indian in the state title game 2A. The second-ranked Indian tennis player avenged their only loss of the season with a previously unbeaten 64-58 win over No. 1 and Indians before 6,500 young women's sports fans at the State Fair Arena.
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Famous personnel
- Trainer:
- Bertha Teague, Byng High School, Byng, Oklahoma. Winning three straight country tournament championships in the 1930s (1936-1938), an unequal record in Oklahoma girls' basketball until 1987 (now Oklahoma has switched to five-fifths, and established a double registration-based classification in sport - now seven - it becomes easier for the "three peat"). He retired in 1969 after winning his country's seventh championship of the season. Teague has a winning percentage of 0.907 (1,136 wins, 116 defeats) during his 43-year coaching career.
- Vernon "Bud" McLearn, Mediapolis High School, Mediapolis, Iowa. House court records 333-8 (including home winning streaks 97, 84, and 66 matches). McLearn completed the coaching with an overall record of 706-80.
- Rose Marie Battaglia (NJ High Schools)
- Cast:
- Kelli Litsch, Thomas High School, Thomas, Oklahoma. Back-to-back country championships in 1980 and 1981, set a new nation's tournament record score of 338 points in nine games over three years, averaging 37.6 points per game. He led the Thomas Lady Terriers to 77 wins and only 9 who lost for three seasons, scoring the current record (boy or girl) 3,364 points total.
- Lynne Lorenzen, Ventura High School, Ventura, Iowa. Set a career high school career girls record score of 6,736 points. For the 1986-87 season, he led his team to a 31-0 record and a state championship.
- Trish Head, from Henrietta, Tennessee. Heads, like most of Tennessee's high school girls' basketball players, play six-sixs in high school before switching to the five-to-five code in college; in his first years after graduation, he helped his class transition from a six-woman game to a five-five. The head then became a famous female basketball coach at the University of Tennessee better known by his marriage, Pat Summitt.
Important game
- Iowa State High School Championship 1968. Union-Whitten beat Everly 113-107 in extra time. Everly's Jeanette Olson scored 76 points and Denise Long from Union-Whitten 64.
New Jersey Variations
Until 1975, New Jersey also played 6-on-6 for high school girls, but the rules were slightly different. In New Jersey, two players only attack, two defenses only and the two are able to move freely at both offensive and defensive ends. Defense or attack only players can not move beyond each of their midcourts. In general, the best athletes are those who play both ends of the court, while the offense usually has players in (big) and the type of shooter from the outside. Defender players are usually usually higher players and are used for rebound purposes only.
By the time New Jersey played 6-on-6 basketball, the game was primarily played at parochial schools. Among the power generation teams of the 1960s and early '70s were Ms. Seton, Catholic Paramus, St. Academy. Vincent, St. Aloysius, Benedictine Academy, and East Orange Catholic College.
Legacy
Six-on-six basketball has been recorded in media such as 2004's The Only Dance in Iowa book: The History of Basketball Six Female Players by Max McElwain, and in 2008 Iowa Public Television special 'More Than A Game: Six -on-Six Basketball in Iowa. . "Six-On-Six: The Musical", an event by Robert John Ford celebrates the popularity of the sport in Iowa, debuting in 2009 at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines.
This format is being used by Grandma Basketball League. Formed in Iowa in 2005, the league consists of women aged 50 and older who play by the rules of the 1920s and wearing 1920s style uniforms. Tricia Pettitt is the current rating champion.
References
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