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Originally posted by rwest
I completed my first season of officiating basketball this past November. So, I'm still a rookie. I don't have my rule book with me, but I recall that a blind screen is illegal if there is not at least one step between the screener and screenee. This gives the screenee a chance to avoid the screen. How often do you call this and what do you have to see as far as contact/displacement in order to call the foul? Also, what is the correct call? A block? Push?
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I probably never call a blind screen, mainly because the player being screened stops when they feel the contact. There is no reason to call a foul in those situations.
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Originally posted by rwest
How about when the screener doesn't keep his elbows tucked into his/her body? Suppose the elbows are out passed the hips? What must you see to call this?
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Contact that affects the player being screened from doing what they already are trying to do.
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Originally posted by rwest
Displacement or just the fact that the defender had to swing out more to avoid the screen?
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Well you cannot call the latter. The last example is not a foul or anything for that matter. But most coaches think that is illegal, which it is not. It would be like calling a foul on a defender that violates verticality rules without any contact.
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