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Originally posted by Bob M.
REPLY: While NCAA and Federation definitions of a shift differ, they are consistent in one aspect: When a player (or multiple players) are moving, they have not shifted. A shift occurs only when they stop moving and assume another set position. When they are moving, they are simply "in motion."
FED: NF 2-37: "A shift is the action of one or more offensive players who, after a huddle or after taking set positions, move to a new set position before the ensuing snap."
NCAA: 2-22-1: "A shift is a simultaneous change of position by two or more offensive players after the ball is ready for play for a scrimmage and before the next snap."
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In reading both the NF and NCAA version, the shift occurs when the players move from one location to another. Its written in plain english. Read those definitions again. When the players are moving they are shifting (from one location to the other). All 11 have to be set before a player can be in legal "motion". Think of "motion" as a mobile form of being "set" and you will never get this wrong. Legal motion is deliberate and conforms to rigid set of circumstances. Any thing else is illegal motion. And if all 11 are not in a static set before legal motion initiates, it is an illegal shift. Easy right?
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