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Originally Posted by texaspaul
Living in southeast Texas all my life, it wasn't until I was in the 10th grade that girls finally played full court basketball. I was just discussing this with another official and he said he had never heard of that. It was 1978 and up until that time, Girls played a goofy 3 on 3 half court game. The division line was a boundary for both sides.
You had 3 girls that always played defense and three that played offense.
The 6 girls on one side could never cross the division line. They had to pass it to the girls on the other side. Pretty crazy huh!
Any other areas of the country play this kind of ball?
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ALL areas of the country did at one time. Different states switched at different times. THe last was Iowa, in 1988 or 1989. Only because girls complained that they weren't getting college scholarships.
The folks (men) who set this up were concerned that fragile, delicate women wouldn't be able to hold up to full court play. (I'd like to see those guys carry and deliver a 10 pound baby, and then worry about us "fragile" gals.)
There are some "old ladies" leagues around the country of ladies who played like this when they were young, and they still want to for exercise. They've got uniforms with the old sailor collars, and bloomer looking pant-type things.