This document, created by the Naismith Museum within the Mill of Kintail Conservation area, explains how to play “Duck on a Rock,” a game James A. Naismith learned at Bennies Corner School. The game has seven rules and involves attempting to knock a stone off of a larger rock while another person (known as the guard) tries to defend the stone. Duck on a Rock becomes the basis, according to Naismith, for putting the goal or basket up in the air and horizontal, forcing the ball to be lobbed rather than thrown. In Duck on a Rock, it was to the players advantage that the "Duck" was lobbed so that it didn't go far from the rock and thus was easier not to be tagged. To learn more about Dr. James Naismith, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/645. The item is a photocopy of a document created by the Naismith Museum (now within the Mill of Kintail Conservation area) run by Dr. James Naismith Basketball Foundation;
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