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Old Sun Apr 07, 2024, 11:17am
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB View Post
Too bad nobody actually uses a screen properly anymore...I was taught if you were using a screen, you rubbed shoulders with the player screening for you. When you make go wide of the screener, the screener is wasting their time or will chase the defender leading to a possible illegal screen. That was 30 years ago though.
I was taught the same thing 57 years ago.

While I wasn't a great scorer, I set great screens, and correctly used screens.

Knowing this helps me to anticipate possible illegal screens when I officiate.
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