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Old Mon Feb 25, 2019, 12:55pm
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Purpose Of Legal Guarding Position ...

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Originally Posted by bob jenkins View Post
B2 legally got to a spot and was stationary when he was displaced by A1, who had the ball. LGP allows Bx to be moving when contact and still have the foul be on A1. Since B2 wasn't moving in your play, that's not relevant to the decision.
So legal guarding position allows some movement by the defense. With no movement, legal guarding position becomes irrelevant.

Thanks.

Some probably believe that the purpose of legal guarding position is to only put limitations on the defender, when in actuality, legal guarding position actually allows the defender to move in certain ways just as much as it limits the movements of the defender.
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